When a student finds himself at the doors of the PAU (University Access Test) and considers what studies to start If you want to dedicate yourself to the development of AI, you will likely opt for computer engineering or a STEM career. In a way it would be the right decision and proof of this is the high job placement rates that, year after year, mark technical engineering.
However, according to Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of Anthropic, the humanities are the key to future of work with AI. To program Claude is already there.
Less machine, more human. In a recent interview granted to ABC NewsDaniela Amodei, a graduate in Literature from the University of California in Santa Cruz and sister of the co-founder of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, argues that “studying the humanities is going to be more important than ever.”
His argument is based on the same discourse that other AI executives such as Jensen Huang have been supporting for some time: “our job is to create computer technology so that no one needs to program.” Huang said. at a conference in 2024.
“A lot of these models are actually very good at STEM, right? But I think this idea that there are things that make us unique as humans, understanding ourselves, understanding history, understanding what motivates us, that’s always going to be really important.” That is, what Amodei considers to be really valuable in the future They are not people who know how to programbut rather teach AI models to think like a human.
At Anthropic they are already on that path. The president of Anthropic assured that at the time of hire new employeesalready prioritize profiles of “great communicators, who have an excellent emotional quotient and people skills, who are kind, compassionate and curious and want to help others.” For the directive, “the things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important.”
In fact, Amodei does not see the future of work as a scenario of human vs AIbut of humans plus AI. “The combination of humans and AI creates more meaningful, more challenging, more interesting and highly productive jobs,” stressed the president of Anthropic, “And I believe it will also open the door to greater access and opportunities for many people,” she added.
The harsh labor reality in Spain. The job placement rate of the humanities branch in Spain paints a very different picture. According to data According to the BBVA Foundation and the Ivie, 77.6% of young university students obtain a job according to their degree. Students who study computer and software engineering obtain an average employability rate of 89.4%.
Instead, according to the report ‘The employability of young people in Spain 2025’ from the Knowledge and Development Foundation (CYD), the branch of Arts and Humanities are the ones that offer the fewest professional opportunities with an average affiliation rate of 63.5%.
A complicated present. Amodei foresees a very different future in which AI will liberate the technical to enhance the human. But the truth is that currently graduates in Arts and Humanities are the ones with the lowest salaries.
Only 36.4% of graduates in humanities branches exceeds 1,500 euros per monthcompared to engineering companies that charge an average of 2,900 euros gross per year.
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