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Woofun AI reports that Peter McCrory, head of economics at Anthropic, recently addressed the paradox of AI and unemployment. He noted that despite significant improvements in AI capabilities, the technology has not yet caused a noticeable shift in the unemployment rate. Data from the U.S. Business Trends and Outlook Survey indicates that approximately one-fifth of American companies utilize AI to some extent, coinciding with strengthened productivity growth in the U.S. McCrory observed that the labor market unemployment rate remains near the Federal Reserve's full employment level, making it difficult to isolate AI's specific impact. He characterized AI as a skill-biased technology that automates certain tasks while complementing human professional skills, thereby maximizing value through human-machine collaboration.