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EXPOSURE TO AI
4%
RESILIENT
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
0%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
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4% 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
  • Record operational data on specified forms
  • Examine, measure, weigh, or test sample products to ensure conformance to specifications
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
  • Dispose of hazardous waste in an appropriate manner
  • Hold or position spray guns to direct spray onto articles
  • Spray prepared surfaces with specified amounts of primers and decorative or finish coatings
  • Monitor painting operations to identify flaws, such as blisters or streaks, and correct their causes
  • Disassemble, clean, and reassemble sprayers or power equipment, using solvents, wire brushes, and cloths
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.
SOURCES: O*NET 30.3 occupational tasks · Eloundou et al. 2023 (“GPTs are GPTs”,arXiv:2303.10130) · Anthropic Economic Index 2026 (CC-BY)  | how this is calculated  | last updated 2026-07-16