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EXPOSURE TO AI
18%
RESILIENT
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
0%
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.

18% 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
  • Compute costs of labor and materials in order to determine production costs of products and articles
  • Write or modify design specifications such as the metal contents and weights of items
  • Create new jewelry designs and modify existing designs, using computers as necessary
  • Buy and sell jewelry, or serve as agents between buyers and sellers
  • Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
  • Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools
  • Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire
  • Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings
  • Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths
  • Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets
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