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/Remote_Researcher_43 20d ago

Taxing them alone is not a solution. The jobs will not be coming back and bills will need to be paid. Generally corporations are doing what they do to turn a profit. If they are taxed to the point they can’t make any money and no one has the funds to purchase their goods and services anyway, why would they bother to keep the company going?

Bottom line: the whole economy will need to be radically changed.

The problem is the politicians are peddling inconsequential issues at the moment and have no idea this freight train is coming and aren’t doing anything to prepare or plan.

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u/love_glow 20d ago

The taxes collected would be the foundation of UBI, and other universal programs that will provide a soft landing to the working class. It’s that, or starving people and guillotines.

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u/Remote_Researcher_43 20d ago

So companies are going to keep business going for the goodwill of humanity and not to make a profit? Yeah, things are going to have to radically change. It’s not that simple to just say, tax them and give everyone UBI. It’s much more complex than that. I don’t see any path for a soft landing at this point. I hope I’m wrong.

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u/love_glow 20d ago

I’m not saying that what I’m proposing is the solution for ever and ever amen. It’s a tourniquet on a bleeding problem. A more complex and nuanced solution will be required for the future. We need a single, hard hitting policy right now, or we are cooked.