Anthropic polled 1,334 of its employees. They're more sure than most of us that AI will take over jobs.
Anthropic surveyed its own employees and found they are significantly more pessimistic about the impact of AI on jobs than the general American public. While most US workers do not believe AI will replace their roles, a majority of Anthropic staff expect AI to handle 80% of their work by 2030.
Why it matters
As an industry leader, Anthropic's internal sentiment serves as a potential leading indicator for how AI adoption will reshape the global labor market.
Attendees chat at Anthropic's developer conference in May. Don Feria/AP Content Services for Anthropic Anthropic published new surveys comparing its staffers' sentiments to those of US workers. The AI startup's employees expect the tech to change work and the economy far more dramatically. Most Anthropic employees guessed that unemployment would top 12% in 2030. Anthropic employees believe that AI will make their labor obsolete. Most US workers don't see their jobs that way at all. The AI company published research on Friday that compares surveys with US adults against an internal poll of 1,334 Anthropic employees. Most of the Anthropic staffers said AI will handle at least 80% of their jobs by 2030, while only about 5% of the US workers felt the same.
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