Anthropic Co-founder Reveals Key Hiring Qualities: Empathy, Curiosity Over Tech Skills

• Anthropic co-founder Daniela Amodei emphasizes human skills like communication, empathy, and curiosity in hiring, prioritizing them over purely technical expertise.
• Amodei believes fears of AI replacing humans are overstated, stating that 'humans plus AI together actually create more meaningful work, more challenging work, more interesting work, high‑productivity jobs'.
• She highlights that the number of jobs AI can do without human help is 'vanishingly small', and human qualities will become more crucial.
• Amodei's own background is in literature, not tech, before co-founding Anthropic, demonstrating the value of diverse skills.
• Anthropic's recent Claude Cowork platform launch, with AI tools for legal, finance, and marketing, caused a significant market sell-off due to fears of AI replacing software categories.