A korrentour reading

Because AI matches the general cognitive profile of humans, it will also be good at the new jobs that would ordinarily replace the ones it automates.

Drawn from what Dario Amodei said

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What Dario Amodei actually said

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Dario Amodei 1 Jan 2026

By contrast, AI is increasingly matching the general cognitive profile of humans, which means it will also be good at the new jobs that would ordinarily be created in response to the old ones being automated.

↗The Adolescence of Technology (January 2026)darioamodei.com

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People will find new kinds of useful work as AI advances, though it will not resemble the jobs of today.

Altman’s consolation is that new kinds of work appear as old ones go. Amodei’s point is that AI reaches the new work too, because it matches the general human cognitive profile rather than a fixed list of tasks. These are opposite answers to the same question.

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