{"id":24362,"date":"2026-08-12T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/ai-was-supposed-to-destroy-jobs-wheres-the-carnage\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:37:39","slug":"ai-was-supposed-to-destroy-jobs-wheres-the-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/ai-was-supposed-to-destroy-jobs-wheres-the-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where\u2019s the carnage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come.<\/p>\n

The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence<\/a> advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. \u201cHalf\u201d of all entry-level white collar jobs would vanish, Anthropic\u2019s CEO, Dario Amodei, said in May 2025. A month later, OpenAI\u2019s CEO, Sam Altman<\/a>, went further, foreseeing the end of \u201ccertain job categories\u201d. Companies began citing AI in their layoffs. Workers organized. And students reconsidered their future careers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But a year later, the mass carnage hasn\u2019t shown up.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nThe AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come.
\nThe prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. \u201cHalf\u201d of all entry-level white collar jobs would vanish, Anthropic\u2019s CEO, Dario Amodei, said in May 2025. A month later, OpenAI\u2019s CEO, Sam Altman, went further, foreseeing the end of \u201ccertain job categories\u201d. Companies began citing AI in their layoffs. Workers organized. And students reconsidered their future careers.
\nBut a year later, the mass carnage hasn\u2019t shown up. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come. The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. \u201cHalf\u201d of all entry-level white collar jobs would vanish, Anthropic\u2019s CEO, Dario Amodei, said in May 2025. A month later, OpenAI\u2019s CEO, Sam Altman, went …<\/p>\n

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