OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
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of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
The robots can help. They can’t replace the room you read.
34% of this role’s O*NET tasks are within reach of today’s AI. That is the core-weighted exposure score from Eloundou et al. 2023 (“GPTs are GPTs”). It measures a capability ceiling, not a headcount forecast. Mostly safe. AI helps around the edges, but the job stays human.
WHAT AI CAN ALREADY DO
- Review records or reports for clarity and completeness and maintain records or reports, as required under federal law
- Complete daily activity reports and keep records of messages from aircraft
- Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems
- Monitor aircraft within a specific airspace, using radar, computer equipment, or visual references
- Contact pilots by radio to provide meteorological, navigational, or other information
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Provide flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields for pilots traveling in bad weather or in emergency situations
- Monitor or direct the movement of aircraft within an assigned air space or on the ground at airports to minimize delays and maximize safety
- Direct pilots to runways when space is available or direct them to maintain a traffic pattern until there is space for them to land
- Direct ground traffic, including taxiing aircraft, maintenance or baggage vehicles, or airport workers
- Provide on-the-job training to new air traffic controllers
THE HONEST PART. A percentage is not a pink slip. High exposure usually means a role shrinks and shifts toward judgment, direction and responsibility: the parts a model can’t sign its name to. Exposure ≠ displacement. Breathe.
"My job is 34% cooked. What’s yours?"
SOURCES: O*NET 30.3 occupational tasks · Eloundou et al. 2023 (“GPTs are GPTs”,
arXiv:2303.10130) · Anthropic Economic Index 2026 (CC-BY) |
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last updated 2026-07-16