AI & Jobs: What’s Really Coming

Bi-weekly news commentary

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The gist:

Looking at the AI’s threat of job loss, you see two camps: Doomers: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has predicted that AI could eliminate roughly 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within the next 1 to 5 years. Direct layoffs attributed to AI in 2026 are primarily driven by agentic workflows and a massive pivot in corporate spending toward AI infrastructure. As of May 2026, layoffs attributed to artificial intelligence have surged (30,000), Oracle (20,000+), Citigroup (20,000), Amazon (16,000), Dell (12,500), and Meta (8,000) have cut thousands of roles to fund and integrate AI automation. Bloomers: AI is generating more work, not less. Last month, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman said, “AI won’t replace humans. But humans who use AI will replace those who don’t.” Self-serving? True! But the change is real. In this vein, President Josh Isner of Axon Enterprise sees AI as a tool to boost team productivity, not replace people. Even if AI makes staff much more efficient, there will still be plenty of new problems to tackle, so the team should ignore distractions and keep performing.

No matter how you look at it, what’s sure is that new AI jobs are coming!

AI is undoubtedly rattling the “job boats” of many sectors right now. Learn why it matters, what you could expect coming next, and simple steps you can take to better prepare. As you’re reading, frame it all under “for now at least.”