Why AI Has Not Yet Increased US Unemployment

A supplied essay argues that AI has not yet caused a material rise in US unemployment because current use is largely skill-biased and labor-augmenting: people still direct, evaluate, and recover from AI on complex work. It points to stable labor-market indicators, mixed evidence on young-worker hiring, and Anthropic research on Claude use, while warning that faster capabilities and automation of innovation could change the picture. The text treats its conclusion as a current assessment rather than a guarantee about the future.