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).
Mostly fireproof. AI hands you the paperwork and steps back.
25% 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
- Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure
- Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures
- Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain
- Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures
- Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications
- Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery
- Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods
- Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility
- Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery
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 25% cooked. What’s yours?"
SOURCES: O*NET 30.3 occupational tasks · Eloundou et al. 2023 (“GPTs are GPTs”,
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last updated 2026-07-16