The leadership at Anthropic , a leading AI startup that raised billions of dollars earlier this month, is cautioning the world that AI is "likely" to take over jobs.
At the Axios AI + DC Summit on Wednesday, Anthropic Cofounders Dario Amodei and Jack Clark, who also serve as CEO and Head of Policy, respectively, said that AI's potential to cause work displacement is picking up rapidly — and the situation is dire enough to warrant a warning.
"As with most things, when an exponential is moving very quickly, you can't be sure," Amodei said at the event. "I think it is likely enough to happen that we felt there was a need to warn the world about it and to speak honestly."
Amodei said that government intervention may be necessary to support individuals whose occupations are displace