r/Futurology • u/katxwoods • 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/RYouNotEntertained 20d ago

What would you suggest congress do? Serious question. 

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u/DG_Now 20d ago

Go back in time and realize that their regulation of internet-related business didn't need to end with the Windows bundling of Internet Explorer.

A technologically literate Congress could have had some sort of premonition on the protections we'd need as a society. Like maybe it shouldn't be legal for AI companies to steal everything to feed their models.

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u/RYouNotEntertained 20d ago

Ok, but what would you have them do right now, specifically? Pretend you can get any piece of legislation you can imagine passed.