Everyone's panicking about unemployment.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just said AI will wipe out 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs in 1-5 years.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just said AI will wipe out 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs in 1-5 years.

Everyone's panicking about unemployment.

I'm thinking about the moats talent and corporations can build to benefit from the shift.

Here's what Amodei (Anthropic CEO) actually said:

• 10-20% unemployment incoming in western countries
• Entry-level finance, law, consulting jobs gone
• Companies will shift from augmentation to full automation
• It will feel very sudden when it happens

But here's where it gets interesting:

• Does this kill offshoring faster than onshoring?
• Bangalore call center: $15k/year per agent
• AI agent: $240/year
• That 98% savings hits emerging markets first

The great nearshoring trend just got turbocharged.

The real question isn't "will jobs disappear?"

It's "What do the humans do now?"

• Senior roles requiring judgment or industry expertise? Safe(ish)
• Creative problem solving? Still human territory
• Relationship management? Humans win
• Entry-level grunt work? Already gone

Being adaptable as a company is about:

Every CEO I talk to is asking the same questions:

"How do I get this stuff to production?" "How do I avoid security risks and hallcuintion?" "How do we retrain our existing team?"

These problems are being, and will be solved.

My take?

• This isn't about AI replacing humans.
• It's about which humans get replaced and which companies move fastest.

The winners will be:

• Companies that redeploy humans to higher-value work
• Workers who learn to orchestrate AI rather than compete with it
• Economies that adapt their education systems NOW

The brutal truth:

• If you're doing work that can be automated, you're already automated - you just don't know it yet.

The opportunity:

--> Be the person who figures out what happens after the automation.

Adaptability is now your superpower.

What's your move?

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