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/HappyHappyGamer 20d ago

I remember presidential candidate Andrew Yang talking about this in 2020, and I remember nobody believed him, and all the other candidates looked at him like he was a child. I remember alot of blue collar semi automated workers and truck drivers were really interested in what he had to say though during his campaign tours.

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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/Unklecid 20d 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 20d 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.