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.
"My job is 19% 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) |
how this is calculated |
last updated 2026-07-16