@AnthropicAI: And those in occupations that show high Claude usage—like software engineering—were more worried about displacement tha…
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Anthropic reports that software engineers—who show high Claude usage—express greater concern about job displacement than those in roles less exposed to AI.
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And those in occupations that show high Claude usage—like software engineering—were more worried about displacement than those in lower-exposure roles.
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