OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
7%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
Still standing — but the ground is warm.
51% 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. Heavily exposed. Most of the tasks are within reach of today’s AI.
WHAT AI CAN ALREADY DO
- Create or maintain formal engineering documents, such as schematics, bills of materials, components or materials specifications, or packaging requirements
- Communicate operating characteristics or performance experience to other engineers or designers for training or new product development purposes
- Develop customer documentation, such as performance specifications, training manuals, or operating instructions
- Design or develop industrial air quality microsystems, such as carbon dioxide fixing devices
- Design or develop sensors to reduce the energy or resource requirements to operate appliances, such as washing machines or dishwashing machines
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Conduct harsh environmental testing, accelerated aging, device characterization, or field trials to validate devices, using inspection tools, testing protocols, peripheral instrumentation, or modeling and simulation software
- Devise microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) production methods, such as integrated circuit fabrication, lithographic electroform modeling, or micromachining
- Demonstrate miniaturized systems that contain components, such as microsensors, microactuators, or integrated electronic circuits, fabricated on silicon or silicon carbide wafers
- Oversee operation of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) fabrication or assembly equipment, such as handling, singulation, assembly, wire-bonding, soldering, or package sealing
- Design or develop energy products using nanomaterials or nanoprocesses, such as micro-nano machining
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 51% cooked. What’s yours?"
SOURCES: O*NET 30.3 occupational tasks · Eloundou et al. 2023 (“GPTs are GPTs”,
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last updated 2026-07-16