AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?
TL;DR
The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come. The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. “Half” of all entry-level white collar jobs would vanish, Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, said in May 2025. A month later, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, went further, foreseeing the end of “certain job categories”.
Nauti's Take
For small teams, the headline is mainly a reason to measure carefully. Track handling time, error rates, and task mix before introducing AI, then compare the results after four weeks.
This account relies on a single Guardian report, so broad claims about job losses should be checked against labor data and company figures before driving hiring or training decisions.
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