OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
7%
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.
24% 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
- Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments
- Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records
- Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments
- Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals
- Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies
- Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area
- Instruct patients and families in work, social, and living skills, the care and use of adaptive equipment, and other skills to facilitate home and work adjustment to disability
- Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment
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 24% 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