Anthropic
February 2025
Analysis based on millions of anonymized conversations on Claude.ai depicting how AI is being incorporated into real-world tasks across the modern economy.
The main findings from the Economic Index’s first paper are:
- AI adoption is highest in software development and technical writing, with 36% of occupations using AI for at least a quarter of their tasks, though only 4% use it extensively.
- The technology primarily augments human work (57%) rather than automating it (43%).
- Usage is concentrated in mid-to-high wage technical roles, with lower adoption among both the highest and lowest-paid positions due to technological and practical constraints.
