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Which Economic Tasks are Performed with AI? Evidence from Millions of Claude Conversations

Jared Kaplan(guest)

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Executive Summary

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Empirical Measurement of AI's Economic Impact Concentration of AI Use Cases

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Concerns Raised

Findings are based on a single platform (Claude.ai) and may not be representative of the entire AI ecosystem.
The methodology, while novel, has inherent limitations that could affect the interpretation of the results.

Opportunities Identified

Leveraging the proposed framework to create leading indicators of AI's future economic impact and labor market shifts.
Developing tools and services that focus on augmenting human capabilities, which represents the majority of current AI usage.

Key Themes

Research Findings5

Usage of Claude.ai is primarily concentrated in software development and writing tasks.

Software development and writing tasks together account for nearly half of all total usage of Claude.ai.

Approximately 36% of occupations listed in the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET Database use AI for at least a quarter of their associated tasks, based on an analysis of Claude.ai conversations.

An analysis of Claude.ai conversations found that 57% of usage suggests augmentation of human capabilities, while 43% suggests automation of tasks.

A study on AI usage patterns analyzed over four million conversations from Claude.ai.

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AI Usage Patterns Claude.ai Future of Work Labor Market Analysis Economic Impact Software Development Writing Tasks Augmentation Automation O*NET Database Large Language Models (LLMs)Empirical Research Data Analysis Productivity Task Analysis

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Which Economic Tasks are Performed with AI? Evidence from Millions of Claude Conversations

Continue your research

Concerns Raised

Opportunities Identified

Key Themes

Empirical Measurement of AI's Economic Impact

Concentration of AI Use Cases

Augmentation vs. Automation

The Pervasiveness of AI Across Occupations

Research Findings5

Topics