Nobel Prize-winning economist on Anthropic CEO’s white-collar jobs wipeout: He may be underestimating how messy some of those jobs are
The debate over the impact of AI on jobs is intensifying, with Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu challenging Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s prediction that half of entry-level office hobs could be eliminated. Amodei has long warned of a looming ‘white-collar bloodbath’, but Acemoglu believes that such forecasts may underestimate the complexity of many office roles….