After Nvidia and Google AI CEOs, top OpenAI executive says Anthropic CEO's AI job warning is 'wrong' - The Times of India
From left: Brad Lightcap, OpenAI chief operating officer; Sam Altman, OpenAI chief executive; and the hosts of the "Hard Fork" podcast, Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, during a live recording of "Hard Fork" at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, June 24, 2025. Altman discussed President Trump's understanding of artificial intelligence, the war for AI talent and OpenAI's relationship with Microsoft. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s COO, Brad Lightcap, has expressed skepticism regarding predictions made by Anthropic CEO
Dario Amodei
that artificial intelligence (AI) will kill entry-level white-collar positions. Taking a more measured stance, Lightcap directly addressed Amodei's recent projection that AI could eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within the next five years.“We've seen no evidence of this. Dario is a scientist, and I would hope that he takes an evidence-based approach to these types of things,” Lightcap stated during The New York Times' "Hard Fork" podcast.Lightcap asserted that OpenAI, which collaborates with a vast array of businesses, hasn't observed any impending doom for these employees.“We work with every business under the sun. We look at the problem and opportunity of deploying AI into every company on earth, and we have yet to see any evidence that people are kind of wholesale replacing entry-level jobs,” he explained.
Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman echoed Lightcap's sentiments, joining him for the panel interview. Altman suggested that historical precedent indicates innovations like AI typically lead to new job creation.
Amodei's forecast, shared last month, was reportedly intended to galvanise governments and competitors into preparing for future changes. He expressed concern that “Most of them are unaware that this is about to happen... It sounds crazy, and people just don't believe it.”This contrast in outlook highlights a significant debate among tech leaders. While some executives, including those at Shopify and Duolingo, are encouraging managers to prove that AI cannot fill new roles, figures like
Nvidia CEO
Jensen Huang, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman also hold differing views. Huang is more optimistic that AI will reshape jobs rather than simply eliminate them, and Hoffman, while not predicting a “bloodbath,” believes AI's full impact is still underestimated. Hassabis said AI will disrupt traditional roles and that the technology will also create valuable and new jobs, asking students and professionals to embrace AI tools.
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