Anthropic: Our AI just created a tool that can ‘automate all white collar work’, Me:
A new tool, with code written *only* by AI, has gone omega-viral: Claude Cowork. But is the hype justified? What do the stats say on productivity? Where is the truth in a sea of noise? What is truth? Can we handle the truth? Where's Nemo?
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:12 - Claude Cowork
07:36 - Productivity Speed-up + jobs
10:19 - Comparing Models
12:46 - Brittle AI Paper
Cowork Intro: https://x.com/claudeai/thread/2010805682434666759
'All of it': https://x.com/bcherny/status/2010813886052581538
'AGI' Claims: https://x.com/deepfates/status/2004994698335879383
Douglas Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOsNrV3bXtQ&t=2313s
Job Stats: https://www.oxfordeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Evidence-of-an-AI-driven-shakeup-of-job-markets-is-patchy.pdf
Amodei Prediction: https://fortune.com/2025/05/28/anthropic-ceo-warning-ai-job-loss/
GenAI Traffic: https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2009075877347512545
Illusion of Insight: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.00514
Entropy Exploration: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.14758
ProRL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.24864
Genesis Mission: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/launching-the-genesis-mission/
https://deepmind.google/blog/how-were-supporting-better-tropical-cyclone-prediction-with-ai/
Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/
Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/
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Chapters (5)
Introduction
1:12
Claude Cowork
7:36
Productivity Speed-up + jobs
10:19
Comparing Models
12:46
Brittle AI Paper
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