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Anthropic Study Warns AI Could Disrupt Office Jobs, Programmers Among Most Exposed
The concern about job loss due to AI is currently high. Meanwhile, Anthropic has developed a new system that studies how much different jobs rely on tasks that can be performed by artificial intelligence.
Economists have difficulty quickly assessing the possible impact of artificial intelligence on the way people do their jobs in the coming years, but it has the potential to change office life significantly. Anthropic claims that they are attempting to monitor the possible changes before they actually appear in the job market. They have come up with a new system that assesses the level of dependency of various jobs on tasks that AI has the ability to perform.
According to a new research paper by economists Maxim Masenkoff and Peter McCrory at Anthropic, this system acts as an index that measures how vulnerable different tasks are to automation by large language models. The index closely examines the tasks that make up a job. If a significant portion of those tasks can be handled by AI and are already being performed using AI tools, that job is considered more vulnerable to automation.
The company's analysis shows that certain technology-focused roles may face the greatest risk. According to the report, programmers are among the most affected, as AI systems could perform nearly three-quarters of their typical tasks. Besides programmers, customer service representatives, data entry workers, and medical records specialists also appear high on the vulnerability list.
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At the same time, many jobs remain less vulnerable. Jobs that rely heavily on physical work and human presence appear to be more vulnerable to automation. These include roles like cooks, lifeguards, and dishwashers.
While concerns about job losses due to artificial intelligence are growing, the study shows no concrete evidence that AI-induced disruption has already begun. The study shows that the unemployment gap between AI-exposed and AI-resistant jobs has changed little since ChatGPT's introduction.
However, the data points to a small shift in hiring trends. The researchers also observed that hiring of younger workers, particularly those aged 22 to 25, is slowing. They say this trend is typically seen in jobs where AI tools could be used to fill their positions.
