Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has advised students and younger professionals to pivot toward human-centred skills. Speaking at a recent episode of Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s WTF podcast, the co-founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) company that is behind the Claude chatbot that wiped billions from software, cybersecurity and other stocks has asked students and younger professionals to steer clear of software engineering and math-heavy fields that are rapidly being taken over by machines. Amodei advised that those mapping out their careers should focus on “tasks that involve relating to people,” as coding and technical disciplines become increasingly AI-dominated. This comes after he warned last year that AI would eliminate half of all white-collar jobs within the next five years.When asked about the industries that AI will disrupt and what skills college goers and upcoming entrepreneurs should learn, Amodei said, “I would think about tasks that are human-centred, tasks that involve relating to people. I think the stuff like code and software engineering is becoming more and more kind of AI-focused, like things like maths and science.”

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s advice to 25-year-olds who are trying to choose a profession

For 25-year-olds who are trying to choose a profession, Amodei said, “Anything where you’re building on AI, and if AI is the tailwind, you can be part of some other part of the supply chain, something in the semiconductor space, which, I think, is – that’s one example. It has an element of the physical world and more traditional engineering, not software engineering. Again, the very kind of human-centred professions. That is something I would think about. And I think the other thing I always say is that, in a world where AI can kind of generate or create anything, having basic critical thinking skills may be the most important thing for success.I worry about these AI models that generate images and videos. And we don’t make models that generate images and videos for many reasons, but this is one of them. It’s really hard to tell what’s real from what’s not. So, a significant part of success may be having the street smarts not to get fooled by… I mean, hopefully, we can crack down on and regulate some of this fake content.But assume we can’t; critical thinking skills will be really important, and you don’t want to fall for fake things. You don’t want to have false beliefs. You don’t want to get scammed. That’s really advice that I would give to someone.”