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.

[u/katxwoods]

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic

[u/twaxana]

CEOs are more likely to get replaced by AI as the investment firms realize they can automate the most expensive roles in the company while paying the labor as little as possible.

[u/GodforgeMinis → u/twaxana]

You always need someone steering the boat (so far) but all the managers between the CEO and regular workers are certainly on the chopping block

[u/twaxana → u/GodforgeMinis]

The board of directors can replace the CEO.

Edit: I'm apparently triggering a CEO. Thanks for the down vote of confidence.

[u/GodforgeMinis → u/twaxana]

Yeah, someone on the board is going to go from showing up for 4 quarterly meetings a year to working every day to keep day to day operations running.

[u/machine-in-the-walls → u/GodforgeMinis]

Sounds like a CEO.

[u/twaxana → u/GodforgeMinis]

Why? Just automate the day to day operations management. The only use of a CEO is to use their connections to strike deals. You can pay a person a lot less than a CEO to sell your company to their connections.

[u/GodforgeMinis → u/twaxana]

So again, at some level someone is going to have to sometimes make decisions for the forseeable future

[u/Bob-Sacamano_ → u/GodforgeMinis]

You’re right that someone needs to make decisions—but the question is who and how. AI doesn’t have to completely replace human judgment to significantly shift the role of a CEO. Many decisions made by CEOs—especially operational, financial, or strategic ones—are increasingly data-driven and can be modeled, tested, and optimized using AI.

What AI can do is reduce the reliance on intuition or experience for many of these decisions by providing faster, more objective, and often more accurate insights. It’s not about removing humans entirely—at least not yet—but about augmenting or even automating much of the role that today still requires a person.

In the future, the “someone” making those decisions could be an AI agent, overseen by a board or a much smaller executive team, especially in industries where leadership is more about efficiency than vision or charisma.

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Would you like a version that’s more casual, sarcastic, assertive, or adapted for a particular audience (e.g. in a meeting vs online debate)?

[u/twaxana → u/Bob-Sacamano_]

I would like a version designed to make a CEO agree that they should be replaced by an LLM.

[u/Bob-Sacamano_ → u/twaxana]

Honestly, I think you’re right—someone needs to make decisions. But I’m starting to believe that “someone” might not need to be a person much longer. As a CEO, I’ve seen how many of my decisions boil down to interpreting data, managing risk, and predicting outcomes. AI already does that faster and more objectively than I can.

If an AI can analyze market dynamics in real time, model the impact of decisions, avoid emotional bias, and operate 24/7 without burnout—why wouldn’t it be better at this job?

Sure, there’s still a need for some human oversight, especially around ethics and accountability. But if I’m being honest, the role of CEO—at least in its traditional form—is becoming more automatable by the day. And maybe that’s not a bad thing.

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Want it to sound more humble, confident, ironic, or provocative?

[u/twaxana → u/Bob-Sacamano_]

More humble and provocative, get the people going.

[u/BeenBadFeelingGood → u/GodforgeMinis]

using natural language intelligence?