In Davos, warnings about AI and jobs

At Anthropic, Amodei said he envision a time when the company needs less people in junior and intermediate positions. “We’re thinking about how to deal with that within Anthropic in a sensible way,” he said.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp echoed that sentiment, saying after white-collar jobs are hit,  vocational jobs will become more valuable.

Vocational technicians, for instance, will still be needed to make batteries, but it’ll be harder for someone skilled in philosophy to find work, he said, noting he has an undergraduate degree in philosophy. 

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