CNBC January 27, 2026
Key Points
– Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI could wipe out jobs across several industries, making it harder for workers to pivot.
– He published a 20,000 word essay on the dangers of AI he foresaw and elaborated on past comments about the tech and job losses.
– “The technology is not replacing a single job but acting as a ‘general labor substitute for humans,'” Amodei wrote.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued a fresh warning about how AI will disrupt the job market, saying it will cause “unusually painful” disruption.
The AI chief, who co-founded Anthropic in 2021 with his sister Daniela Amodei and is behind the creation of the AI chatbot Claude, warned AI would destroy...
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