Evans: Running Anthropic does not make Dario Amodei a labor expert
Benedict Evans · The most rational take on AI you’ll hear this year · May 31, 2026 · at 18:09
Analyst Benedict Evans responds to Lenny Rachitsky citing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's warnings about AI causing large-scale entry-level job elimination.
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“I don't think the fact that you run AI lab suddenly gives you, or rather, and if you're going to use argument from authority, then it should be relevant to the field. So, like, I'm interested in Dario's opinions on where models are going to go in the next six to 12 months. Not particularly interested in opinions on series of labor and Market value and competitive, comparative advantage. Like, yeah, maybe he had a course on that at university, so did I. So I think one needs to be a little bit cautious on like what Dario says”
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