The Indo Daily: Is AI putting your job at risk – ‘Unemployment could hit 20% in the next five years'
The conversation began by Adrian discussing Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic AI predicting that the technology may eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs in the next five years, also saying that general unemployment could spike at up to 20% by 2030 due to rising AI adoption.
Today's Indo Daily is comes from our sister podcast, The Big Tech Show.
Conor Kelly, head of growth at Human Loop, joins Adrian to discuss how AI models could turn bad.
Conor agreed with Amodei's forecast but believed that there will be jobs created by AI after a transitory period. You can listen to the full episode here on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts.
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