--- title: Where does it end? | daily.dev description: A commentary on Dario Amodei's prediction that AI will automate all white-collar jobs within 12-18 months. The author follows the logical chain: if AI can... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/where-does-it-end--qkbgw3ozc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Where does it end? | daily.dev og:description: A commentary on Dario Amodei's prediction that AI will automate all white-collar jobs within 12-18 months. The author follows the logical chain: if AI can... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/where-does-it-end--qkbgw3ozc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qKbgW3Ozc.png og:image:alt: Where does it end? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Where does it end? **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A commentary on Dario Amodei's prediction that AI will automate all white-collar jobs within 12-18 months. The author follows the logical chain: if AI can replace individual contributors, it can replace their managers, then agent masters, and so on up the hierarchy — ultimately concluding that Amodei himself would be automated out of a job by his own prediction. 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