Anthropic's top exec Mike Krieger to parents of college students: Stop getting worried, I don't see these skills getting replaced any time soon

AI giant Anthropic’s top executive and co-founder of Instagram Mike Keriger has delivered a reassuring message for college graduates and their parents anxious about AI’s impact on jobs, Keriger said ‘not all skills are at risk of being replaced’. According to a report by Business Insider, speaking on tech journalist Alex Health’s Access podcast, Krieger acknowledged the widespread anxiety among families.“I think what I tell folks is you’re not alone. This is a shared kind of complicated thing,” he said, noting that he often receives emails from parents of soon-to-be graduates worried about their children’s career prospects.

Human skill still matter

Krieger also stressed that some qualities remain uniquely human and will also continue to be valuable in the workplace. “The things that will still remain human, and ineffable, and important are still relationships and curiosity and creativity and the ability to organise people towards an end. I don’t see AI replacing that anytime soon,” he explained.

What Anthropic thinks on AI and jobs

Since January, Krieger has helped lead Anthropic Labs, a unit focused on incubating experimental products at the frontier of Claude’s capabilities. His comments come as Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, has repeatedly warned that AI could wipe out up to half of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years.

Despite these warnings, Krieger stressed that uncertainty doesn’t mean permanence. “Even if in the current moment with all the uncertainty, maybe our friend’s kid doesn’t land in exactly the job that they wanted, things will continue to shift. Nothing is set in stone,” he said.

Mike Keriger’s advice to the next generation

Keriger has asked the students and young professionals to stay curious and adaptable. “If people remain curious and actively exploring what the frontier looks like, they might then either be part of creating a whole new category of jobs or progressing to a different place in their own companies,” he added.