Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned last May that AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman predicted the technology would automate most tasks of the entire white-collar workforce in a year to 18 months. And recently, a report from Anthropic mapped out exactly what Suleyman warned about, and what Elon Musk thinks will make work optional.
The successive statements about AI’s transformative impact on labor may help justify the booming valuation of some AI companies. But this rhetoric in part is also behind some backlash to the technology. A recent NBC News poll found just 26% of U.S. voters have a positive view of the technology, while 46% have a negative view. Now, OpenAI chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane is asking people to relent on messaging around AI.
