Instead of enhancing it, AI is primarily automating work, and new research shows that technology is becoming a catalyst for exchanging work.
Earlier this month, AI startup Humanity, valued at $183 billion, released a new report on Monday showing that over three in four (77%) did so to automate tasks using Claude. In comparison, only 12% of companies used Claude to enhance or enhance their work.
“The 77% automation rate suggests that businesses use it to delegate tasks rather than as a joint tool,” the report states. “Given clear patterns of automation in business deployment, this could also lead to disruption to the labour market, and its role could evacuate workers who are most likely to face automation.”
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The report has found so far that companies are primarily using Claude to write code and perform administrative tasks. Claude can generate code, just like any other tool, such as replicas and cursors, that create blocks of code from a text prompt. In fact, this tool could potentially take over coding for a software engineer. Humanity CEO Dario Amodei predicted at the Diplomatic Event Council in March that AI would write all the code for software engineers within a year.
“In 12 months, we might be in a world where AI is essentially writing all the code,” Amodei said at the event.
Dario Amody, CEO of humanity. Getty Images by Yeh/Hubspot
Furthermore, humanity was highlighted in reports that AI is at risk of causing massive layoffs and displacement of workers due to automation. Amodei looked into the issue earlier this year, predicting in May that AI will wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within the next five years, with unemployment reaching 10% to 20%. AI could impact entry-level work in areas such as legal, technology and finance, Amodei said.
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Peter McCrory, head of human economics, said Bloomberg Researchers were unsure whether the reliance on automation found in the report was due to the “new model ability” that allowed AI to take on more duties, or because it was “more comfortable” with AI and “willing to delegate certain tasks to Claude.”
In other words, researchers were unclear whether the high-level automation was due to increased AI capabilities or increased ability to use the technology.
Understanding why presents “an important area of research for the future,” McCrory told the outlet.
Instead of enhancing it, AI is primarily automating work, and new research shows that technology is becoming a catalyst for exchanging work.
Earlier this month, AI startup Humanity, valued at $183 billion, released a new report on Monday showing that over three in four (77%) did so to automate tasks using Claude. In comparison, only 12% of companies used Claude to enhance or enhance their work.
“The 77% automation rate suggests that businesses use it to delegate tasks rather than as a joint tool,” the report states. “Given clear patterns of automation in business deployment, this could also lead to disruption to the labour market, and its role could evacuate workers who are most likely to face automation.”
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