Published: Dec. 5, 2025 at 3:03 p.m. ET
Artificial-intelligence industry leaders talk about a utopian future where machines take up so many human tasks that white-collar workers are replaced by the millions — a theme partly responsible for an exit from staffing and office-property shares this year.
“Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced — and 20% of people don’t have jobs,” Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI company Anthropic, said in an interview with Axios. Economists debate whether the impact will be so sudden and large, but investors see little reason to park money in stocks that might be vulnerable.
