Commentary: Anthropic's jobs report is unpredictable; ex-employee doom talk may be PR
ziv_ravid · x · 2026-09-10
The author comments on two AI stories: a viral tweet from a former OpenAI/Anthropic employee claiming they quit over fears AI will destroy humanity — the author argues AI won't destroy us soon, and that Anthropic/OpenAI hype aims at regulation favorable to them; and Anthropic's new economic report on AI's impact on the labor market, whose conclusion is essentially "anything could happen." The author argues the effect on jobs is fundamentally unpredictable given the number of assumptions involved, calling Anthropic "kings of PR."
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