Kerby Anderson

New job creation in this country is down. There are many reasons, but one of those is artificial intelligence. Microsoft said it was laying off thousands of engineers because of AI. Walmart cut more than a thousand corporate jobs in anticipation of AI. Texas-based CrowdStrike slashed part of its workforce because, they said, “AI is reshaping every industry.”

Dario Amodei (CEO of Anthropic) has been willing to go on record saying that AI will result in much more job loss in the future. He agreed to go on record with Axios with concerns that other AI executives discussed privately. He believes “AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs – and spike unemployment 10-20% in the next five years.”

He went on to say that “AI companies and government need to stop sugar-coating what’s coming: the possible mass elimination of jobs across technology, finance, law, consulting and other white-collar professions, especially entry-level gigs.”

Artificial intelligence right now is being implemented to help the worker, but it will soon replace the worker. AI models are used by many for augmentation – to help people do a job. But companies will likely begin to use AI Models for automation – in other words, to do someone’s job.

Establishing a timeline of when all of this will take place is difficult. But major AI companies report great progress, especially with their large language models. And the Trump administration has made it clear that they do not want to lose ground in the AI race to China. That suggests that major job disruption is on the horizon and may be one reason for less job growth in this country.

It is time to pay attention to the destination artificial intelligence may be taking us.