EXPOSURE TO AI
15%
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.
15% 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
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals to verify conformity of process conditions
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields
- Inspect operating units, such as towers, soap-spray storage tanks, scrubbers, collectors, or driers to ensure that all are functioning and to maintain maximum efficiency
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 15% 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