aceAI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?
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”. Companies began citing AI in their layoffs. Workers organized. And students reconsidered their future careers. But a year later, the mass carnage hasn’t shown up. Even as AI capabilities have rapidly advanced and A…
Companies began citing AI in layoffs and recent graduates faced 5.6% unemployment, with AI identified as a possible contributing factor.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-08-12
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