EXPOSURE TO AI
14%
RESILIENT
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
0%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
Robots can’t hold a hand, a scalpel, or your nerve.
14% 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. Certified hard to automate. Today’s AI barely touches the core of this one.
WHAT AI CAN ALREADY DO
- Maintain records, document actions, and present written progress reports
- Maintain job records and schedule work crew
- Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required
- Inspect ceiling or floor tile, wall coverings, siding, glass, or woodwork to detect broken or damaged structures
- Arrange for subcontractors to deal with special areas, such as heating or electrical wiring work
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment
- Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge
- Assemble and fasten materials to make frameworks or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue
- Shape or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws
- Verify trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level
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 14% 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