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Altman and Amodei Walk Back AI Job Displacement Predictions
May 28, 2026
Altman now says he was 'pretty wrong' about AI eliminating entry-level white-collar roles, while Amodei has shifted from predicting 50% white-collar job loss to suggesting automation may expand work. The reversal from both CEOs follows Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon's consistent skepticism about near-term labor displacement.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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founderWorkforce automation narratives that shaped hiring and product strategy over the past year are being publicly revised by the field's leading voices — worth recalibrating internal assumptions about AI replacing roles vs. augmenting them.
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policyTwo of the most-cited sources for AI labor displacement risk are retracting their projections, which weakens the empirical basis for regulation built around job loss scenarios.