Experts cast doubt on Anthropic report detailing how AI has altered work at the company

Anthropic, the AI company, has published a report suggesting that artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work and leading to significant shifts in employment at the company itself. However, some experts are casting doubt on the claims made in the report. Last year, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had predicted that AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs and that AI would be writing 90% of code within six months.

But these predictions have not materialized. In the report, Anthropic stated that it is now hiring fewer junior technical workers and that human attention is becoming a new bottleneck as the company increasingly relies on its AI agents. The report proposes that the organization of work could shift towards single-person startups, each with a human founder steering swarms of AI agents.

While Anthropic claims that AI has increased productivity and output, some AI researchers remain skeptical. They argue that the findings are likely Anthropic's attempt to boost its valuation ahead of its initial public offering. Some tech executives have claimed that AI is behind recent corporate layoffs, but research suggests that job market deterioration started long before the release of ChatGPT in November 2022.