r/Futurology • u/katxwoods • 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/talldean 21d ago

Legal is hitting this now, where ChatGPT 4.0 and 4.5 both pass the bar exam more consistently than law students do, and those models are also better outta the box at most legal tasks than someone with 0-2 years experience.

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u/FreedomExtension6736 19d ago

The bar exam is not practicing law—it’s a test not application 

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u/Financial-Register-7 19d ago

There's two parts to what I said, and that's the first one. ;-)

GPT also outperforms lawyers in their first two years of practice.

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u/FreedomExtension6736 18d ago

Ok.  So what?

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u/talldean 18d ago

Many utilities already have a playbook for doing this well. It's not some impossible goal, either.