Worthy attention of • Everyone
In particular • Business Leaders & Managers
Anthropic just put out its third Economic Index report. They looked at over a million Claude conversations to see how people are actually using AI. For the first time, they checked both how regular people and businesses use these tools.
The data shows three big changes. First, more people are handing off whole tasks to AI instead of working back and forth. Second, the more information you give the AI, the more complex its answers get. Third, businesses care more about what AI can do than how much it costs. They’re using AI for tough, expensive jobs more than for simple, cheap ones.
So why does this matter? Most people think of AI as a helper you chat with, but now it’s more about giving it a job and letting it run with it. This means it’s important to get good at breaking down tasks and writing clear prompts. Also, the real limit isn’t the AI itself, but how well you can pull together the right info for it. If you’re thinking about your career, AI is taking off fastest in coding, education, and admin work. Creative and people-focused jobs are still mostly untouched.
