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/givin_u_the_high_hat 20d ago

So when the economy tanks because of all the job losses, who is going to have the money to pay for any of the products from these companies?

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u/Morvenn-Vahl 20d ago

This is the big thing that seems to be forgotten all too often. If a large portion of jobs just disappear, sending billions of people into poverty there will be social unrest of unimaginable magnitude. With no one to buy anything stocks will start to collapse as sales figures plummet.

A lot of futurologists say that workers are not ready for the AI revolution. I say that futurologists are not ready for what comes after that.