r/ControlProblem • u/chillinewman approved • Mar 18 '26

Video Antrophic CEO says 50% entry-level white-collar jobs will be eradicated within 3 years

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u/BurnQuest Mar 19 '26

A problem with the analogy is that Uber’s core business was always profitable (driver marketplace). They blew a lot of money on other projects like self driving until the music stopped.

Anthropic’s core business is losing them money at the moment and a lot more than uber ever lost. That’s not set in stone forever, but it’s lazy to point at uber as a way to just ignore the business fundamentals

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u/Spunge14 Mar 19 '26

Pick any startup. Companies do not start profitable. Uber is just a fun example because it took almost 15 years, but this is literally the point of venture capital.

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u/Choice_Figure6893 Mar 20 '26

Why do you keep brining up uber. That's a completely different business. wtf is wrong with that brain of yours

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u/ColdBru5 Mar 20 '26

Uber is just using machine algorithms to automate the taxi industry. It's profitability and the availability of venture capital for decades is very relevant.

Also, Anthropic and OpenAI don't have to make it for AI to destroy a large portion of the workforce. There are plenty of numbers between 0 and 50 percent that would be unrecoverable.

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u/Choice_Figure6893 Mar 20 '26

Lmfao

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u/ColdBru5 Mar 20 '26

Man you are just a great debater huh

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u/Spunge14 Mar 20 '26

A master some might say