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AI and jobs

Whether AI displaces human work, which jobs go first, and what replaces them.

What people on korents have said about AI and jobs, newest first — 4 positions from 2 people of 9.

  1. DA

    1 Jan 2026

    Dario Amodei quoted

    Holds AI could displace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years, even while it accelerates economic growth.

    This is a topic that I warned about very publicly in 2025 , where I predicted that AI could displace half of all entry-level white collar jobs in the next 1–5 years, even as it accelerates economic growth and scientific progress.

    ↗The Adolescence of Technology (January 2026)darioamodei.com

  3. DA

    1 Jan 2026

    Dario Amodei quoted

    Holds Labour markets will eventually recover from AI, but the speed of the transition makes the short term unusually painful compared with past technologies.

    To be clear, speed in itself does not mean labor markets and employment won’t eventually recover, it just implies the short-term transition will be unusually painful compared to past technologies, since humans and labor markets are slow to react and to equilibrate.

    ↗The Adolescence of Technology (January 2026)darioamodei.com

  4. 11 months earlier
  5. SA

    9 Feb 2025

    Sam Altman quoted

    Holds People will find new kinds of useful work as AI advances, though it will not resemble the jobs of today.

    We will find new things to do, new ways to be useful to each other, and new ways to compete, but they may not look very much like the jobs of today.

    ↗Three Observationsblog.samaltman.com

  6. 4 months earlier
  7. DA

    1 Oct 2024

    Dario Amodei quoted

    Holds Universal basic income is at most a small part of the answer to AI-driven job loss.

    It could be as simple as a large universal basic income for everyone, although I suspect that will only be a small part of a solution.

    ↗Machines of Loving Grace (October 2024)darioamodei.com