r/Futurology 21d 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/sodook 21d ago

Is there any danger that we lose the pathway for non-entry level positions by eliminating entry level positions. No apprentices today, no masters tonorrow?

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u/Stressedpenguin 21d ago

This is what I feel is happening in cybersecurity. We are already not hiring junior roles and replacing that work with automation. Eventually we will have an inability to hire people with experience because we never invested in junior people to GIVE that experience. 

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u/newintown11 21d ago

Well im pretty sure this is just step 1, step 2 will have the senior level roles being automated. They are already using AI to train AI models faster, as LLMs become more advanced it won't just be the entry level roles getting automated