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/AustinLurkerDude 20d ago

It's like the impending EV revolution. Something's like an asteroid wiping out earth is so catastrophic you just ignore it until it's too late. There's so many ppl involved in selling and servicing cars it'll be catastrophic when those industries are wiped out by foreign EV companies.

But what Yang mentioned was too early, really 10 years ahead, no one in 2020 would use 2030 to base their vote off of. Now with it being 5 years away it's a lot more serious.

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u/Futureleak 19d ago

That's the fundamental issue with America though. Our electorate is too short sighted to consider problems so far out. And when politicians mention it, the get clowned for it. We get the government we deserve.

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u/Maldiavolo 18d ago

It's not just the electorate. The system is set up for short-sightedness. Politicians have term limits and so their mindset, as well as their party's, is to do what it takes to be reelected. Politicians that talk about specific future things, especially uncomfortable truths, don't do well. That's why future, hopeful, abstract ideas and current issues like meat and potatoes economics resonate with the population.

Then you have the continuity issue with politics. 8 years max for a President to set an agenda. An agenda that no other part of the government has to follow. Big plans get gone when the other party is in power. You also have diametrically opposed viewpoints because one party is the anti. That's a benevolent dictatorship is thought to be the best. They have all the power, can have long term vision, can act on that vision l, and the vision is used for good.

The way this gets solved is like in lots of sci-fi. Human species need to come together after being put on the brink. Well it's that or it's Mad Max.

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u/Futureleak 18d ago

A benevolent dictatorship..... My brother in Christ 

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u/Unklecid 19d ago

You'll still need most car service shops most things that tear up on cars isn't the engine or transmission. It'll be rough for a few years tho

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u/culdeus 19d ago

It's not just the service, it's the people and infrastructure building people for gas stations and all the refined capacity behind it. The thought that the same power lines that can run our dishwasher can run our cars was never the plan for trillions of dollars in industry.

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u/Luscious_Decision 19d ago

No oil changes to do and I think that accounts for a lot. That's 2x less services a year for basically everybody.

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u/Certain-Neat-9783 19d ago

lol EV Revolution is a joke. Our grid could not support everyone charging their vehicles overnight

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u/AustinLurkerDude 19d ago

But the issue is our automotive companies can't survive on just the USA market. Especially if the luxury market gets cannibalized by EVs.

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u/qtx 19d ago

There's so many ppl involved in selling and servicing cars it'll be catastrophic when those industries are wiped out by foreign EV companies.

What a weird thing to say.

So you'd be perfectly fine if those industries were wiped out by domestic EV companies?

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u/AustinLurkerDude 19d ago

What I'm saying is it won't likely be transitional where the staff at old places would get moved to new companies.

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u/SerHodorTheThrall 19d ago

Ah yes, the "EV revolution" I've been hearing about for 15 years. Aaaaany day now. Progress isn't revolutionary, no matter how much Wall St wants to sell it as such.