A korrentour reading

Enduring job displacement is undesirable and dangerous, and should be minimised rather than accepted as a goal.

Drawn from what Dario Amodei said

AI and jobs Whether AI displaces human work, which jobs go first, and what replaces them.

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What Dario Amodei actually said

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Dario Amodei 1 Jun 2026

First, enduring job displacement is undesirable and dangerous, and we should do everything we can to minimize or prevent it, not to bring it about.

↗Policy on the AI Exponential (June 2026)darioamodei.com

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AI will eliminate whole classes of jobs, but the wealth it creates will make policy responses affordable that were previously unthinkable.

Altman treats elimination as acceptable provided the wealth it creates funds the response. Amodei treats minimising displacement as the goal rather than something to be compensated for afterwards. Both could hold, but they send policy in opposite directions.

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