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Andrew Yang Predicts AI Could Eliminate Half of White-Collar Jobs
Yang predicts AI-driven job cuts could reduce 20-50% of U.S. white-collar roles within 12-18 months, impacting millions and related service sectors.
- On Monday, Andrew Yang warned up to 50% of white-collar workers could lose jobs as companies adopt AI, and said, `The amount of money getting paid to human labor is about to go down`.
- Because investors favor efficiency, Yang wrote investor pressure rewards firms that cut headcount and punishes those that don’t; HP and Pinterest cite AI in layoffs tied to AI initiatives and an AI-forward strategy.
- Yang identified vulnerable occupations including mid-career office workers, middle managers, call-center workers, marketers, and coders among about 70 million white-collar workers in the United States.
- Financial stress could rise as layoffs ripple through communities, with households facing delinquencies and bankruptcies likely to increase in the coming year, Yang warned workers at risk to cut expenses.
- Tech CEOs and AI researchers disagree on AI's impact; a YouGov poll shows 63% fear job losses, while JPMorgan Chase reports only 55,000 of over 1.2 million 2025 cuts stem from AI.
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Andrew Yang predicts AI could eliminate half of white-collar jobs
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang predicts that up to 50% of white-collar workers could lose their jobs as companies adopt artificial intelligence.Writing on Substack, Yang said that as companies seek efficiency, competitors will quickly follow.RELATED STORY | AI safety shake-up: Top researchers quit OpenAI and Anthropic, warning of risksIt will become a competition because the stock market will reward you if you cut headcount and punish…
Andrew Yang says AI will wipe out millions of white-collar jobs in the next 12 to 18 months
Andrew Yang is the CEO of Noble Mobile and founded the Forward Party.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ImagesAndrew Yang says AI will wipe out millions of white-collar jobs in the next 12 to 18 months.Anyone whose job revolves around sitting at a desk is at risk, Yang says.He says the impact of AI on the workforce will not just be limited to laid-off office workers.Expect to see your local Starbucks soon be full of middle-aged former office worker…
Andrew Yang says AI will remove millions of white collar jobs over the next 12 to 18 months: "Expect to see your local Starbucks soon filled with former office workers."Millions of white collar jobs could disappear over the next 12 to 18 months, as artificial intelligence (AI) automates intellectual work," said former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang. "In a recent newsletter, he warned that...
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