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EXPOSURE TO AI
19%
RESILIENT
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
0%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
The last desk the machine reaches. Breathe.

19% 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
  • Attend continuing education courses to maintain or update skills
  • Record and review patient medical histories
  • Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist
  • Maintain patient recall system
  • Expose and develop x-ray film
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
  • Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease
  • Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease
  • Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments
  • Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public
  • Apply fluorides or other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay
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