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• @mollymckew Molly McKew on bluesky

  This would be a good time to have a serious government stocked with professionals able to imagine innovative solutions to complex challenges, and capable of defining how democracies will work when AI tries to make everything stupid  —  Alas, we have a carnival of sadism  —  www.a…

• @tedunderwood.me Ted Underwood on bluesky

  I have a high opinion of LLM capability, but Amodei talking about 20% unemployment in the next 1-5 years is neither plausible nor helpful.  I do think this is about raising capital, and needs to be countered by the phrase “normal technology.”  [embedded post]

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  “Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced and 20% of people don't have jobs.”  - Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic predicting the impact of AI in 5 years.  —  20% unemployment and the economy growing 10% a year seem incompatible.  More like corporate …

• @isaacdovere Edward-Isaac Dovere on x

  With close to zero substantive action out of this White House and Congress or the last ones, this from @JimVandeHei & @mikeallen: “AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs—and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years” https://www.axios.com/...

• @axioscomms @axioscomms on x

  CEO Jim VandeHei joined Morning Joe to discuss his explosive new column w/ @mikeallen “A white-collar bloodbath” about how AI leaders think the technology could disrupt the economy much sooner than people realize. 📺: @Morning_Joe | @JimVandeHei | @axios [video]

• @brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x

  Stop credulously quoting executives talking their book

• @kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x

  Boston Dynamics is advancing at rapid pace! Humanoid industrial robots are here, they will now replace humans. What Dario Amodei said about AI, that it will replace 10%-20% of all white-collar jobs in 1-5 years, is also true for blue-collar jobs. That should be clear to [video]

• @kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x

  1/ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years! He makes an urgent appeal to politicians! “Amodei said AI companies and government need to stop “sugar-coating” what's [ima…

• @humanharlan Harlan Stewart on x

  And it gets worse: Dario has also warned AI could cause literal human extinction, an outcome that would eliminate at least two-thirds of white-collar jobs

• @annmarie Annmarie Hordern on x

  “Amodei said AI companies and government need to stop “sugar-coating” what's coming: the possible mass elimination of jobs across technology, finance, law, consulting and other white-collar professions, especially entry-level gigs.”

• @mikeallen Mike Allen on x

  🚨 STARK WARNING about coming AI wipeout for entry-level white-collar jobs ... @AnthropicAI CEO @DarioAmodei to @JimVandeHei & me: • Unemployment spikes to 10-20% in 1-5 years? • Danger zones: tech, finance, law, consulting And few are paying attention https://www.axios.com/...

• @mrbartlettnh Matthew Bartlett on x

  Good segment & good email this morn on AI. Kinda... It's giving Oct '08 vibes when we did not know just how deep the economic death & destruction was on the horizon 9/11, Economic crash, Covid, AI? Gonna be another fun ride

• @jeffjarvis @jeffjarvis on x

  In which VandeHei swallows AI BS whole—and by implication warns his own staff they're toast. AI's promised efficiencies are not planning out. Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath https://www.axios.com/...

• @dangerbrooks Dan Brooks on x

  The three-year success of “we're just about to make an incredible AI that changes everything, any minute now” is a massive indictment of America's managers, pundits and politicians.

• @jimvandehei Jim VandeHei on x

  🚨🚨Exclusive @axios: @darioamodei, one of world's top AI builders, warns AI could VERY SOON wipe out 50% of entry level white collar jobs and spike unemployment to 20%...wants to jar govt, AI companies to prepare/protect US workers... https://www.axios.com/...

• @jenmartinez Jennifer Martinez on x

  “The only move that's going to work is steering the train — steer it 10 degrees in a different direction from where it was going. That can be done. That's possible, but we have to do it now.” @DarioAmodei tells @JimVandeHei @mikeallen.

• @jackbmeyer Jack Meyer on x

  If I were a tech CEO I would simply not describe the economic consequences of AI in terms that might motivate a mob to break my machines with hammers

• @matt_vandyke Matthew VanDyke on x

  We need legislation -now- to protect the human workforce from replacement by AI. “AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years.” “Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath” https://www.axios.com/...

• @gdp1985 Gerard DiPippo on x

  On net, I'm optimistic about AI. But the effect on entry-level knowledge workers is very obvious in my world. AI has already replaced interns/RAs for most research tasks. 1/

• @sfmcguire79 Steve McGuire on x

  Sam Altman will fix this.

• @travon Travon Free on x

  If you do nothing else today, I promise you want to read this. The government got the AI equivalent of their “Bin Laden determined to strike” notice and they're doing nothing about it. The AI CEOs are calling in the economic bomb threat. https://www.axios.com/...

• @martijnrasser Martijn Rasser on x

  @DarioAmodei's comments have generated buzz and sparked important and necessary conversations. While advances in AI will certainly reshape the workforce, his projections for job losses and high unemployment, however, are likely incorrect. 1/

• @markmuro1 Mark Muro on x

  To me the major question is whether adoption hurdles, organizational change, and such buy workers more time than @darioamodei forecasts until massive automation-relayed layoffs Thanks @JimVandeHei @MikeAllen and Dario for sounding warnings @nxthompson @sj_manning

• @livgorton Liv on x

  I really appreciate the honesty on this. The whole “we are going to augment you (out of a job) not replace you haha 👀” is quite dishonest. Transformative technology will transform and we need to grapple with how that could go wrong and not lie to people about it.

• @justinebateman Justine Bateman on x

  And yet, we march on! More AI! (The unemployment rate during the Great Depression was just 25%. So they're basically predicting that.) GAI is one of the worst ideas society has ever had.

• @ben_golub Ben Golub on x

  EXCLUSIVE: Golub has a blunt warning: Golub's network-theoretic advances may be so dazzling that they damage the eyes of innocent bystanders

• @aisafetymemes @aisafetymemes on x

  Dario Amodei warns AI could wipe out ***HALF*** of all entry-level white-collar jobs - and spike unemployment 10-20% in the next 1-5 years. (These are Great Depression-level unemployment numbers!) He said AI companies and government need to stop “sugar-coating” what's coming. [im…

• @davidclinchnews David Clinch on x

  This is rubbish and clearly designed to create the same “let us regulate ourselves before it's too late” dynamic that allowed Search and Social companies to control competition and secure their dominant positions. Big Tech has learned that the “Big Fear” approach works.

• @jimvandehei Jim VandeHei on x

  🚨🚨Dario Amodei -> AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years, Amodei told @axios... https://www.axios.com/...

• @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x

  Oh my https://www.axios.com/... [image]

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  Dario Amodei spoke to Axios. He said AI could potentially wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs, and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years. [image]

• r/law r on reddit

  Anthropic CEO warns AI will cut junior paralegals and first-year law-firm associates

• r/programmingHungary r on reddit

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• r/GreenAndPleasant r on reddit

  A white-collar bloodbath - AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years.

• r/economicCollapse r on reddit

  AI jobs danger: Sleepwalking into a white-collar bloodbath - AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years

• r/technology r on reddit

  AI Executive Declares People ‘Should be Worried’ About Losing Jobs to AI: Government Needs to ‘Stop Sugar-Coating’ It. …

• r/singularity r on reddit

  AI Executive Declares People ‘Should be Worried’ About Losing Jobs to AI: Government Needs to ‘Stop Sugar-Coating’ It. …

• r/artificial r on reddit

  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 - and spike unemployment to 10-20%

• r/technews r on reddit

  Anthropic CEO warns AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs |  The cuts could come within five years, he says, causing unemployment to spike as high as 20%.

• r/accelerate r on reddit

  Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath