Anthropic CEO frets about AI threat to white-collar jobs

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is worried that AI could eliminate half of entry-level white collar jobs in five years.

There are many other potential labor risks lurking about, such as the threat of massive tariffs on imported goods in the US, layoffs intended to undo pandemic-era overhiring, and policies that empower employers at the expense of labor.

But Amodei appears to believe that policymakers are “sugar-coating” the possibility of major AI-driven employment disruption. That’s a polite…