In a interview with ABC News broadcast on Saturday, he said that the number of jobs that AI can do without help from humans is “very small.” At the same time, even the most challenging tasks that humans prefer can also be augmented by AI.

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

That does not mean that 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 last week as the technical skills required to write and maintain code are expected to fall.

On his part, Amodei majored in literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. After briefly working as a staffer on Capitol Hill, he moved into the technology sector, joining a fintech company Stripes then OpenAI. In 2020, she left the AI ​​startup to found Anthropic, where Daniela is the president and manages with her brother the CEO.

“The things that make us human can be more important than less important,” he told ABC News. “And what I mean by that is that when we’re looking to hire people at Anthropic right now, we’re looking for people who are great communicators, who have excellent EQ and people skills, who are kind and compassionate and curious and want to help other people.”

That echoes what JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said about growing importance of “soft skills,” like having a high emotional quotient.

While AI will still eliminate some jobs, young people need to rely on critical thinking and communication skills, including how to write well and how to perform well in a meeting. If they get it right, “There will be a lot of jobs,” he said in December.

At the end of the day, Amodei said, people will still enjoy interacting with other people, with highly intelligent and capable AI supporting them.

“I actually think that studying the humanities is going to be more important than ever,” he explained. “Most of these models are actually very good at STEM. But I think this idea that there are things that make us uniquely human—understanding ourselves, understanding history, understanding what makes us tick—I think that’s always, really important.

Sure, many Gen Zers are leaving college as a necessary step on a successful career path, returning to trade schools and working in hands-on fields like manufacturing, construction and maintenance.

But for those still on the white-collar track, other tech leaders are equally emphasizing the importance of soft skills.

IBM CEO Ginny Rometty SPOKE luck by 2023 when generative AI is fully integrated into the workforce, it will place a premium on abilities such as collaboration, judgment, and critical thinking.

and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in November that as AI handles more analytical and technical tasks, emotional intelligence and empathy are becoming more important.

“IQ has a place, but it is not the only thing the world needs,” he said in an episode of Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner MD meets podcast.