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EXPOSURE TO AI
14%
RESILIENT
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
2%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
Robots can’t hold a hand, a scalpel, or your nerve.

14% 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 information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs
  • Record information about plants and plant growth
  • Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers
  • Provide information and advice to the public regarding the selection, purchase, and care of products
  • Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
  • Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting
  • Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops
  • Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them
  • Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment
  • Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand
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