◀ scan anotherCUTTING, PUNCHING, AND PRESS MACHINE SETTERS, OPERATORS, AND TENDERS, METAL AND PLASTICshare ⧉ EXPOSURE TO AI
1%
RESILIENT
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
0%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
Certified irreplaceable. For now, gloriously human.
1% 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
- Scribe reference lines on workpieces as guides for cutting operations, according to blueprints, templates, sample parts, or specifications
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Examine completed workpieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws
- Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers
- Set stops on machine beds, change dies, and adjust components, such as rams or power presses, when making multiple or successive passes
- Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data
- Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material
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 1% 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