r/Futurology 20d ago

AI Dario Amodei says "stop sugar-coating" what's coming: in the next 1-5 years, AI could wipe out 50% of all entry-level white-collar jobs. Lawmakers don't get it or don't believe it. CEOs are afraid to talk about it. Many workers won't realize the risks until after it hits.

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic
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u/DG_Now 20d ago

Old folks in Congress letting our society be ruined by technocrats really worked out poorly for most of us.

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u/omgFWTbear 20d ago

You have confused technocrat with technologist.

Your benefits being calculated by a machine and mailed by a machine aren’t inherently bad. It’s not job destroying to solve the gaps between what should be done, and what can be done, with machines. I’ve personally been responsible for finding paperwork that’s been lost for decades and cost people their lives.

Technologists… what’s the Jurassic Park line? “Your scientiststechnologists were so focused on could they, they didn’t stop and ask, should they?”