Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI is rapidly approaching the point where it can handle most end-to-end software engineering within just 6 to 12 months, fundamentally reshaping white-collar work. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s “The Day After AGI” session alongside Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, he described a self-improving loop where models excel at coding and AI research, accelerating their own advancement toward AGI. Source: World Economic Forum | The Rundown

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is sounding the alarm on the rapid advancement of AI, warning that its disruptive impact on jobs could trigger a deep societal shift. In a recent interview, he described this as an “intelligence curse” — where automation strips economic power from the average person, potentially eroding democracy and centralizing control. Amodei urged policymakers to act swiftly, stressing that blind optimism won’t prevent harm. Unlike past tech revolutions, he said AI’s acceleration i