Anthropic Economic Index: Trend Across Six Releases (Global, by Platform)
Anthropic Economic Index: Trend Across Six Releases (Global, by Platform)#
The automation pattern, where a person gives an instruction and the AI finishes the job, rises with every release; back-and-forth collaboration is shrinking.Draft, pending review
How to read this chart
Release labels are data periods. Automation = directive plus feedback loop (a person instructs, the AI finishes). Augmentation = learning plus task iteration plus validation (back-and-forth collaboration).
Source: Anthropic published research data; FinSight compilation · Updated 2026-09-04
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