Altman Backtracks: AI May Have Net-Added Jobs
The Decoder · rss · 2026-07-12
A Decoder article explores the shifting narratives around AI's impact on employment, highlighting changing tones from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Altman now leans toward AI creating a net positive number of jobs, contrasting with his previous warnings of mass layoffs and job extinction. Amodei is also toning down his earlier, more aggressive predictions.
However, the article cautions that current research doesn't support either extreme narrative: there's no evidence that AI has caused mass net unemployment, nor proof of significant net job creation. A safer conclusion is that the employment impact remains in a highly uncertain phase.
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