Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walk back their AI job apocalypse predictions

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have softened earlier warnings that AI would quickly wipe out white-collar jobs.

Altman now says AI has not eliminated entry-level roles as fast as he expected, while Amodei frames automation more as productivity growth than mass layoffs.

Fortune reports that recent research, including Yale Budget Lab work, has not found major labor-market shifts in the most AI-exposed jobs yet.

The tone change matters because two of AI’s most visible CEOs are moderating bold job-loss claims even as their companies chase huge valuations.