Fortune: Davos CEOs Push Back on Amodei's Prediction That 50% of Entry-Level White-Collar Jobs Will Be Eliminated

Summary

Fortune reported on January 27, 2026 that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prediction — that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs will be eliminated within one to five years due to AI — met significant pushback from C-suite leaders at Davos. The prediction was made in a 20,000-word essay titled "The Adolescence of Technology" published on Amodei's personal blog, where he warned of "very high GDP growth and potentially also very high unemployment and inequality." Key CEO rebuttals: Nvidia CEO Jensen