Anthropic predicts 50% of entry-level white collar jobs automated in 1-5 years

Anthropic predicts 50% of entry-level white collar jobs automated in 1-5 years | I was encouraged by uh some of what Dario Amadei and the anthropic team had put out there where they say look a they were honest. They said we're going to automate away 50% of the entry-level white collar jobs in the next 1 to 5 years.

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I was encouraged by uh some of what Dario Amadei and the anthropic team had put out there where they say look a they were honest. They said we're going to automate away 50% of the entry-level white collar jobs in the next 1 to 5 years.

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