{"id":1602081,"date":"2025-11-26T11:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observer.com\/?p=1602081"},"modified":"2025-11-26T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:43:50","slug":"anthropic-ceo-warn-ai-displace-white-collar-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/observer.com\/2025\/11\/anthropic-ceo-warn-ai-displace-white-collar-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"A.I. Leaders Warn Entry-Level White-Collar Jobs Are Being Automated Away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dario Amodei warns that A.I. is rapidly erasing entry-level white-collar roles across major industries. Chance Yeh\/Getty Images for HubSpot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The technology industry, once a landing pad for fresh computer science graduates, is rapidly automating away its early-career talent pipeline. A.I. coding tools like GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer now handle much of the entry-level work junior engineers once did, making it increasingly difficult for young professionals to break in.<\/p>\n

The impact isn’t limited to computer engineers. Earlier this month, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei offered a stark prediction on 60 Minutes<\/em>, reiterating his belief that A.I. could replace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within the next five years and push unemployment as high as 10 to 20 percent. \u201cIf we look at entry-level consultants, lawyers, financial professionals\u2014a lot of what they do, A.I. models are already quite good at,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine that there won\u2019t be some significant job impact there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other A.I. and business leaders have echoed his concerns. Geoffrey Hinton, the \u201cgodfather of A.I.,\u201d has argued that \u201cfor mundane intellectual labour, A.I. is just going to replace everybody.<\/a>\u201d Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently said A.I. already performs \u201cclose to half<\/a>\u201d of the company\u2019s workload. Ford CEO Jim Farley has warned that \u201cA.I. will leave a lot of white-collar people behind,\u201d though he is more optimistic about blue-collar roles. He expects skilled workers in factories to become even more essential, as they provide \u201ccritically human support\u201d in the context of automation.<\/p>\n

Several major studies support this trajectory. An August Goldman Sachs report warned that 6 to 7 percent of U.S. workers<\/a> could lose jobs to A.I., particularly operational and support staff at large companies. Entry-level workers in tech remain the most affected, but hiring has also slowed in marketing, consulting, graphic design, office administration and call centers as businesses integrate new automation tools.<\/p>\n

A World Economic Forum study in January found that 41 percent of 1,000 surveyed global employers<\/a> anticipate significant layoffs due to A.I. adoption. A recent Stanford study found that workers ages 22 to 25 in A.I.-exposed roles, especially in customer service and clerical work, have experienced a 13 percent decline<\/a> in employment since 2022. In contrast, older workers in the same fields have had an easier time finding jobs.<\/p>\n

Other research suggests the downturn isn\u2019t driven by A.I. alone. Negative perceptions of Gen Z employees and broader economic uncertainty are also factors. A study from Hult International Business School found that 89 percent of employer<\/a>s avoid hiring new college graduates, and 39 percent would prefer to use A.I. over hiring a Gen Z worker.<\/p>\n

Even so, companies are not uniformly shrinking their workforces. Some are restructuring instead\u2014cutting traditional roles while adding new A.I.-specific ones. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has said the bank\u2019s overall headcount will continue to grow as it hires workers<\/a> to support A.I. development, despite reductions in operational positions. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon voiced a similar view at an event in September, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s very clear that A.I. is going to change literally every job<\/a>.\u201d Walmart, he said, will both eliminate and create roles, with the aim of helping employees \u201cmake it to the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ironically, while A.I. tools have increased the speed at which code can be generated, the durability of that code still depends on human expertise. A.I.-written code can be clumsy or brittle, and when complex systems break, engineers must know how to repair and refine them. Experienced engineers will still be needed to oversee A.I. systems, but even those roles could diminish, Amodei warned. \u201cEventually, all those little islands will get picked off by A.I. systems,\u201d he said on 60 Minutes<\/em>. \u201cAnd then, we will eventually reach the point where the A.I.s can do everything that humans can. And I think that will happen in every industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Top A.I. and business leaders warn that automation is hollowing out the early-career white-collar pipeline.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":129757851,"featured_media":1602186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"post_tag":[423979866],"company":[423975525,423974727,423829217,18996],"channel":[186,12374,423806427,423875639,423875666],"location":[],"nyo_column":[],"person":[423975524,423897320,423888987,423966534,423889647,423888935],"nyo_post_hidden":[],"coauthor":[423982678],"class_list":{"0":"post-1602081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-none","8":"observer_company-anthropic","9":"observer_company-jpmorgan-chase","10":"observer_company-salesforce","11":"observer_company-walmart","12":"channel-business","13":"channel-artificial-intelligence","14":"channel-finance","15":"channel-economy","16":"channel-technology","17":"nyo_person-dario-amodei","18":"nyo_person-geoffrey-hinton","19":"nyo_person-marc-benioff","20":"nyo_person-jim-farley","21":"nyo_person-jamie-dimon","22":"nyo_person-doug-mcmillon"},"acf":{"homepage_position":"","homepage_title":"","homepage_excerpt":"","alternative_og_image":"","headline":{"seo_headline":""},"subheadline":{"optimized_seo_description":"","optimized_social_excerpt":""}},"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/observer.com\/2025\/11\/anthropic-ceo-warn-ai-displace-white-collar-jobs\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":[],"rendered":"","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/observer.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/observer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235057491.jpg?quality=80","coauthors_byline":"By Eve Montie","display_channel":"","thumbnail":"\"Dario