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EXPOSURE TO AI
24%
LOW
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
0%
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.

24% 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
  • Consider airport altitudes, outside temperatures, plane weights, and wind speeds and directions to calculate the speed needed to become airborne
  • Write specified information in flight records, such as flight times, altitudes flown, and fuel consumption
  • Teach company regulations and procedures to other pilots
  • Obtain and review data such as load weights, fuel supplies, weather conditions, and flight schedules to determine flight plans and identify needed changes
  • File instrument flight plans with air traffic control so that flights can be coordinated with other air traffic
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
  • Use instrumentation to pilot aircraft when visibility is poor
  • Start engines, operate controls, and pilot airplanes to transport passengers, mail, or freight according to flight plans, regulations, and procedures
  • Monitor engine operation, fuel consumption, and functioning of aircraft systems during flights
  • Check aircraft prior to flights to ensure that the engines, controls, instruments, and other systems are functioning properly
  • Check baggage or cargo to ensure that it has been loaded correctly
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