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EPISODE · Apr 16, 2026 · 18 MIN

Anthropic’s head of economics answers our questions about AI and the job market

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Will AI take my job? On today’s show, Anthropic’s head of economics Peter McCrory sits down with Kimberly to answer our burning questions about artificial intelligence’s effects on the labor market. We’ll get into what Anthropic’s research shows about how people are using the company’s chatbot Claude and what that could mean for the future of the global economy. Here’s everything we talked about today:"Snap's stock jumps on plans to axe 16% of its workforce citing AI efficiencies" from CNBC"Anthropic Economic Index report: Learning curves" from Anthropic"Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence" from Anthropic "Anthropic Economic Index report: Uneven geographic and enterprise AI adoption" from Anthropic "Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath" from Axios"Estimating AI productivity gains from Claude conversations" from Anthropic"What 81,000 people want from AI" from AnthropicWe love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email [email protected].

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