Anthropic Just Mapped the Jobs AI Is Replacing First - Here's What the Data Actually Says

Anthropic published something last month that didn't get nearly enough attention: a detailed map of which white-collar jobs AI is most likely to displace first. Software engineers. Financial analysts. Lawyers. Accountants. Marketing managers. HR specialists. Middle management. If your job involves sitting at a computer processing information, writing things, or analyzing data - you're on the list. The Numbers Are Not Comforting A survey of 2,500 white-collar tech workers found 61% believe AI will replace their current role within three years. Not eventually. Three years. Goldman Sachs puts the global figure at 300 million jobs at risk. In February, AI executive Matt Shumer published an essay on X comparing the current moment to February 2020 - right before COVID hit. That essay was viewed 85 million times. Then Citrini Research published a scenario they called the 'Global Intelligence Crisis.' Their model: AI agents replace software engineers and financial advisors faster than the econ