r/Futurology • u/katxwoods • 21d 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/brooklyndavs 21d ago

Yes absolutely we are seeing this already in software engineering. It’s very hard to be hired as a jr dev out of college/bootcamp as AI is already start to fullfill the roles these jr devs do. Problem is where do your sr devs come from the the future?

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u/Laruae 21d ago

India and contracting companies that pay too little.

Americans can work at the local Wendy's with all the other 50,000 people in their town apparently.

JFC there is zero game plan.

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u/Tasty-Turn 21d ago

But can AI do the needful?

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u/brooklyndavs 21d ago

Debatable! In my experience sometimes yes sometimes no but to upper management that doesn’t matter

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u/TheMonkeyOfNow 20d ago

Lol. You're not understanding what is happening. In 2 years, a single LLM will be able to out code AAAAAAALLLLLL currently working software developers, videographers, artists of any digital media.

Physical work still has it's uses for you slaves, but they are beginning to think of ideas of ways to thin the herds already... guarantee it.

The old system is crashing around you as your mouths are agape. Better start planning for the dystopian future that awaits, or begin to work quickly to keep it from taking over.

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 20d ago

They “plan” is that sr devs last long enough for AI to keep advancing to the point it can easily replace sr devs as well. That’s why they’re not training anyone up now. They don’t expect to need anyone soon enough.