The Journal. · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Early predictions from AI leaders like OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei suggested significant job displacement due to AI, with Amodei even predicting that half of all entry-level jobs could be affected by 2030. However, both have reportedly walked back these more dire forecasts.
“It's hard to imagine that there won't be some significant job impact there.”
“And my worry is that it'll be broad and it'll be faster than what we've seen with previous technology.”
“Dario Amodei predicted, you know, a while ago, that like half of all entry level jobs could be affected by 2030, you know.”