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AI Threatens White‑collar Jobs; Self‑reliance Is Essential

Even if we believe AI job displacement is real… what can we actually DO? Alex Wilhelm and I discuss the very real possibility — as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei suggests — that AI-related advances in productivity are leading us straight into an unemployment crisis. What happens to our white collar labor force, not to mention the next generation just graduating from high school and college, if professional and entry-level jobs start disappearing? Is it POSSIBLE that companies could band together to prevent the worst case scenario, and pledge to continue hiring and training the entrepreneurs and leaders of tomorrow? Sure. But is that LIKELY to happen? I suggest young people prepare to fend for themselves in this hyper-competitive new reality, as it’s increasingly likely that humanity will not prepare for what’s next, but focus on protecting themselves and their interests in the short term.