Anthropic Economic Index: Insights from Claude 3.7 Sonnet

This post details the analysis of Claude.ai usage data following the launch of Claude 3.7 Sonnet, focusing on its impact on labor markets. It introduces a new bottom-up taxonomy of 630 granular usage categories to complement the existing O*NET task mapping. The analysis highlights shifts in usage towards coding, education, and science, and identifies that the 'extended thinking' mode is predominantly used for technical and creative tasks. It also provides detailed breakdowns of augmentation vs. automation at task and occupation levels, noting specific patterns like 'task iteration' for copywriters/editors and 'directive' behavior for translators/interpreters. The post also discusses methodological changes, including filtering safety classifier-flagged conversations instead of occupational relevance, and using Claude 3.7 Sonnet for improved classification accuracy.