ANTHROPIC CEO WARNS AI COULD SLASH HALF OF ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS IN FIVE YEARS

What happens when the very architects of artificial intelligence sound alarms about their own creations? Earlier this week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei did just that, warning in an Axios interview that AI could eliminate up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs in the U.S. within one to five years, potentially driving unemployment to 10-20%. For American workers, policymakers, and tech industry leaders.

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Amodei's stark prediction—delivered by the head of a $61.5 billion AI startup behind the Claude chatbot—raises urgent questions about the technology's economic toll and society's readiness to adapt in the $2 trillion AI market. Amodei's claim, echoed across high-authority outlets like PCMag and Reuters, isn't a mere forecast; it's a call to confront a looming labor crisis head-on, accusing tech giants and governments of “sugar-coating” the risks.

Yet, his own role in advancing AI, with Anthropic's Claude 4 model rivaling OpenAI's ChatGPT, invites scrutiny: is this a genuine plea for action or a strategic spotlight on his company's prowess?

A STARK PREDICTION FROM AN AI INSIDER

Dario Amodei, the 42-year-old CEO of Anthropic, didn't mince words in his Axios interview, asserting that AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar roles—spanning technology, finance, law, and consulting—within one to five years.

“We, as the producers of this technology, have a duty to be honest about what's coming,” he said, criticizing the tech industry's tendency to downplay job displacement risks.

His prediction, projecting a U.S. unemployment spike to 10-20%, double the 2008 recession's peak, comes just days after Anthropic launched its Claude 4 Opus model, capable of near-human coding and reasoning, amplifying the urgency of his warning.

Amodei's forecast isn't isolated. A 2024 SignalFire report found Big Tech's hiring of new graduates dropped over 50% from 2019 levels, partly due to AI automation, while LinkedIn's Aneesh Raman noted AI's threat to entry-level “stepping stone” jobs.