Given the consequences of AI companies like Anthropic on the future of all Australians, it was Amodei\u2019s broad statements on the inevitability of AI-displacement and the work that will need to be done to address growing inequality as a result that should be raising concerns.<\/p>\n
Amodei declared during the moderated forum that \u201cthe technology is moving faster than we\u2019d like it\u201d and that \u201cwe have to act, but we\u2019re not sure how to act.\u201d Reassuring, coming from the co-founder of one of the biggest players in the AI space.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m probably the one in the industry who talks most about the risks of the technology,\u201d he said. \u201cI tell people: no, it\u2019s not your imagination. These labour displacement effects are serious. The cyber risks are serious. The bio risks are serious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Again, all very reassuring. And to be fair to Amodei, he is one of the leading voices on AI risks, and Claude is fast emerging as a more ethically comfortable tool than its main competitor ChatGPT. <\/p>\n
Amodei does not believe AI economic growth will be shared broadly, \u201cbecause a lot of it is capital driven, a lot of it is machine driven, it won\u2019t go to everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said the benefits \u201cmay be more concentrated than they should be\u201d and that he believes governments need to target taxes on those making the most money from AI. <\/p>\n
Tax reform, as we\u2019ve seen in Australia, is not exactly known for being swift in deployment, nor is it easy to get consensus on.<\/p>\n
But there\u2019s more. <\/p>\n
Amodei also raised concerns about an \u201call-seeing state\u201d and the risks of AI development in autocracies, where every conversation and camera footage could be used to identify dissent. There are also concerns about military power as a result of AI \u2014 although, in better news, there is a potential \u201crenaissance of democratic institutions\u201d\u00a0coming our way. <\/p>\n
From various reports on Amodei\u2019s address (Women\u2019s Agenda\u00a0was not in the room), the CEO didn\u2019t go into much detail on the gendered impacts of AI rollout, especially regarding jobs displacement. However, just recently Anthropic released research predicting labour market impacts of\u00a0AI based on early evidence<\/a>,\u00a0and found (in Anthropic\u2019s\u00a0own words<\/a>) that \u201cworkers in the most exposed professions are more likely to be older, female, more educated, and higher-paid.\u201d<\/p>\n As we recently shared regarding how the great AI displacement has arrived and why women\u2019s jobs are most at risk, the UN Women\u2019s Gender Snapshot 2025 found that women are almost twice as likely as men to work in jobs that are at high risk of automation, with 4.7 per cent of working women affected compared to 2.4 per cent of working men. Further research finds that women\u2019s jobs in wealthy countries are three times more likely to be automated than men\u2019s, suggesting the\u00a0AI labour shock will hit women first<\/a>.<\/p>\n Still, there are other benefits to speak of, especially in health, with Amodei suggesting that ten years from now, \u201ccancer could look like bubonic plague \u2013 something we study more in history books than we deal with today.\u201d<\/p>\n Just what will be the state of our mental health by 2036? Along with our financial and social health?<\/p>\n At least we\u2019ll have data centres. Lots of them. And once those data centres are built, we won\u2019t even need anyone to work in them. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Subscribe-WA-WIN-1080x1080-2.png\"\/)
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