EXPOSURE TO AI
14%
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.
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
- Prepare written reports that detail specifics of fire incidents
- Assess fires and situations and report conditions to superiors to receive instructions, using two-way radios
- Maintain contact with fire dispatchers at all times to notify them of the need for additional firefighters and supplies, or to detail any difficulties encountered
- Inform and educate the public on fire prevention
- Inspect fire sites after flames have been extinguished to ensure that there is no further danger
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Rescue victims from burning buildings, accident sites, and water hazards
- Dress with equipment such as fire-resistant clothing and breathing apparatus
- Move toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties
- Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents
- Create openings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters
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 14% 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