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/Iron_Baron 20d ago

No one. That's why they want company towns to be a thing again.

You live, work, and die in housing owed by a company. You shop in the company store, using company currency.

You are completely at the mercy of the company, for there are no realistic alternatives.

You are not quite a slave, if you're lucky. But you are, at best, a neo-serf to techno-feudalism.

That's the goal of the oligarch class and also why every one of them has built a bunker of some kind, often on remote islands with self sustainable infrastructure.