OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
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of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
The robots can help. They can’t replace the room you read.
23% 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. Mostly safe. AI helps around the edges, but the job stays human.
WHAT AI CAN ALREADY DO
- Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation
- Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material or equipment decontaminated, or methods used in decontamination processes
- Enter data into computers to record characteristics of nuclear events or to locate coordinates of particles
- Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas
- Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure
- Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments
- Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination
- Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements
- Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy
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 23% 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