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Workers are facing a conundrum: They worry about the potential for their displacement by AI even as it dramatically speeds up their own productivity. According to a new survey from Anthropic, workers in roles most likely to be taken over by AI (developers or IT workers, for instance) recognize their precarious position. Yet, perhaps naturally, they readily adopt the tools that could take their jobs, and see first-hand how well they work. This measurement is fundamentally different from the way others are gauging AI job displacement, noted Thomas Randall, research director at Info-Tech Research Group. While macro reports, such as those from Goldman Sachs, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), or the World Economic Forum (WEF), are asking what share of existing job tasks AI could theoretically perform in the future, “Anthropic is measuring qualitative experiences of workers in the present,” he pointed out. This “tells us how people are navigating this landscape in real time.” The parado

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Nominations for the 2027 Best Places to Work in IT program will open soon! We’ll be posting the link to our nomination form here shortly. See our Best Places to Work in IT 2026 special report for the complete list of honorees, major trends from the most recent survey, and much more. About the Best Places to Work in IT program Computerworld conducts an annual survey to identify the best places to work for IT professionals. We invite readers, PR professionals and other interested parties to nominate companies they consider great employers for IT workers. You may nominate your own company. We then ask those nominated companies that meet our basic criteria to participate in our survey. Once again, we are excited to extend this program, which has a 33-year history in the United States, to companies worldwide. The employers in the Best Places list are evaluated by company size: Large companies have 5,000 or more employees; midsize have between 1,001 and 4,999 employees; and small companies e