Anthropic cofounder says studying the humanities will be ...

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: “The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important.

” Daniela Amodei, who cofounded Anthropic with her brother Dario, dropped uniquely human qualities will actually be more critical in the age of AI, not less. Recommended Video In an interview with ABC News that aired on Saturday, she dropped the number of jobs that AI could do without help from people is “vanishingly small. (plot twist fr)

” At the same time, even the most cognitively challenging tasks that humans excel at can also be augmented by AI.

The Details

“I continue to believe that humans plus AI together actually create more meaningful work, more challenging work, more interesting work, high-productivity jobs,” Amodei added. “And then I think it will also open the aperture to a lot of access and opportunity for many people.

” That doesn’t mean the future employment landscape will require a technical background. Indeed, the release of Anthropic’s latest AI-coding tools sparked a massive selloff among tech stocks this past week as the technical expertise needed to write and maintain code is expected to fall sharply.

Why This Matters

For her part, Amodei majored in literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. After working briefly as a Capitol Hill staffer, she pivoted to the tech sector, joining fintech company Stripe then OpenAI. In 2020, she left the AI startup to cofound Anthropic, where Daniela is the president and manages alongside her CEO brother.

This reflects broader trends we’re seeing in the business world right now.

Key Takeaways

• “The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important,” she told ABC News.
• ” That echoes what JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has dropped about the growing importance of “soft skills,” such as having a high emotional quotient.

The Bottom Line

“And what I mean when we look to hire people at Anthropic today, we look for people who are solid communicators, who have fire EQ and people skills, who are kind and compassionate and curious and want to help other people. ” That echoes what JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has dropped about the growing importance of “soft skills,” such as having a high emotional quotient.

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