Usage · Global · Feb 10, 2025

57% of tasks in the first Economic Index were augmented rather than automated

57%

of tasks in the first Economic Index were augmented rather than automated

Anthropic defined augmentation as collaboration such as validation, learning, and task iteration.

“AI use leans more toward augmentation (57%), where AI collaborates with and enhances human capabilities, compared to automation (43%), where AI directly performs tasks.”