Luis Garicano pushes back against claims that white collar jobs will disappear within 18 months, expressing frustration with what he characterizes as "populist-baiting language" used by tech leaders. He specifically criticizes Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman for comments made in a Financial Times interview that he sees as threatening everyone's jobs, and draws parallels to similar apocalyptic rhetoric from Dario Amodei (Anthropic) and Sam Altman (OpenAI).

The post highlights a growing tension between AI industry leaders who make dramatic predictions about job displacement and critics who view such statements as irresponsible fearmongering. Garicano's reaction underscores the debate over whether bold AI forecasts serve as genuine warnings or as hype-driven narratives that unnecessarily alarm the public.