Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic and co-creator of the Claude AI models, issued a stark warning that up to half of junior-level employees could lose their jobs within five years as AI capabilities accelerate. In an interview with CBS News, Amodei said global unemployment could rise to 10–20%, noting that current AI systems already match or exceed entry-level performance in many cognitive tasks.
He cautioned that the shift may unfold faster than previous technological transitions, making it difficult for labor markets to adapt without intervention. Amodei argued that governments need to act now to cushion the impact, emphasizing that passive oversight will not be enough to safeguard workers or maintain economic stability.
His remarks reflect growing concern across the AI industry that rapid automation – driven by increasingly capable multimodal and agentic systems – could reshape knowledge work far more aggressively than anticipated. Analysts note that Amodei’s projections carry weight given Anthropic’s role in frontier AI development.
