Anthropic Economics Head: No longer thinks asking the right question is an edge, working on 3 singularities
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-08-24
Peter McCrory, Head of Economics at Anthropic, gave a full interview discussing the actual impact of AI on the labor market. He stated that six months ago he thought his edge over Claude was knowing which question to ask, but he no longer believes that. His team is now working on three singularities: software, economic, and Coasean. The interview covers:
- Whether Dario's 10-20% unemployment call is still valid.
- Linking Claude usage to actual unemployment survey data, occupation by occupation.
- The most exposed workers are more worried but not more unemployed.
- There is no job where every task is being automated.
- How a human in the loop pushes the complexity frontier out.
- What a century of structural transformation suggests happens next.
Related event: Anthropic economist outlines three potential AI singularities(2 posts)→
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