Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has reinforced his warning that AI could eliminate a significant portion of entry-level white-collar jobs in fields like law, finance, consulting, and administration within the next one to five years. In a recent interview with BBC Radical’s Amol Rajan, Amodei emphasized that tasks such as document review by first-year law associates—while repetitive—are highly variable, making them ideal targets for current AI capabilities. He noted that AI is already highly effective at handling such work and is rapidly improving. “It’s already very good at this kind of job,” he said, adding that the technology is not a distant threat but an active force reshaping the workplace today. Amodei also revealed that many CEOs are not viewing AI primarily as a tool to enhance productivity but as a means to reduce labor costs. “I think, to be honest, a large fraction of them would like to be able to use it to cut costs to employ less people,” he said, citing firsthand conversations with executives already deploying AI tools. His timeline is grounded in real-world developments. He previously told Axios in May that AI could displace up to 50% of entry-level office jobs within five years, potentially driving unemployment to 10–20%. He criticized industry leaders and governments for downplaying the impact, accusing them of “sugarcoating” the reality. Amodei’s concerns extend beyond administrative roles. In March, he predicted that AI could write 90% of software code within three to six months, and nearly all of it within a year, shifting human engineers toward higher-level design and oversight rather than manual coding. His warnings have sparked strong reactions across the tech world. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed Amodei’s outlook at VivaTech in June, calling it overly pessimistic and arguing that AI will transform jobs rather than eliminate them. OpenAI’s Sam Altman echoed this view, stating that society would not tolerate mass job loss and that new, better roles would emerge. Others remain divided. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has seen no signs of an immediate jobs crisis, while Ford CEO Jim Farley has predicted AI will replace “literally half” of U.S. white-collar workers. Despite the debate, Amodei’s message remains clear: the automation wave is already underway, and its impact on entry-level employment is both real and urgent.