Axios: AI jobs civil war

 🤖 AI jobs civil war
 
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Powerful AI CEOs are splitting over whether their technology will gut white-collar work or supercharge it, Axios’ Madison Mills writes.

Why it matters: Leading AI labs are trading in hype and doom, making it hard for companies, policymakers and the public to know what’s coming.

🖼️ The big picture: A pair of public appearances this week highlighted differences between Anthropic and OpenAI.

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olahspeaking at the Vatican event where Pope Leo’s encyclical was unveiled, doubled down on CEO Dario Amodei’s warnings about AI’s effects on jobs. “There is a real possibility that AI will displace human labor at very large scale,” Olah said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is sounding rosier. He said it’s unlikely to cause a jobs apocalypse and that he was “wrong” about earlier projections that it would wipe out entire categories of jobs.

I’m delighted to be wrong about this,” Altman told Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn. “I thought there would have been more impact on entry-level white-collar jobs being eliminated by now than has actually happened.”A line chart that shows year-over-year changes in Indeed job postings from Jan. 1, 2024, to May 15, 2026. Software development rises from -45.15% to 18.16%, with a low of -45.16%. All jobs improve from -16.08% to -4.26%, ranging from -16.16% to -2.77%.Data: Indeed. Chart: Noah Bressner/AxiosA spate of recent tech layoffs has given fresh fodder to the “doomer” camp.

Meta let go of nearly 8,000 employees after projecting at least $125 billion in AI capital expenditures this year.

That came after Coinbase, Block, Pinterest, Shopify and others tied workforce restructurings to AI capabilities.

The other side: Software engineering job openings on Indeed are up over 18% year over year, while all openings are down 4.3%.

LinkedIn’s chief economist recently said AI has led to around 1.3 million new job postings.Share this story.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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