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EXPOSURE TO AI
0%
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.

0% 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
  • No fully-automatable tasks flagged in the O*NET list.
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
  • Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools
  • Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections
  • Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue
  • Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces
  • Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds
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