Heavy truck drivers don’t register in Anthropic’s AI usage data: the job is on the road, not on a screen. The automation question for drivers is self-driving technology, which this measure doesn’t cover. Postings in Indeed’s driving category are down 8.5% on a year ago, a sign of a softer market rather than of AI. For now, the risk to this role is economic, not artificial.
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How to read this: AI task coverage comes from the Anthropic Economic Index, which measures how people use Claude, not the whole labour market. Job postings data comes from Indeed Hiring Lab and reflects the wording of job ads, not actual AI use at work. Employment and pay are US figures unless stated. AI use is not the same as job loss; our verdict explains what we think it means.