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.
27% 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, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior
- Observe and record patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior and maintain this information in client records
- Perform clerical duties, such as scheduling appointments, collecting data, or documenting health insurance billings
- Attend continuing education classes
- Select therapy activities to fit patients' needs and capabilities
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Instruct, or assist in instructing, patients and families in home programs, basic living skills, or the care and use of adaptive equipment
- Maintain and promote a positive attitude toward clients and their treatment programs
- Implement, or assist occupational therapists with implementing, treatment plans designed to help clients function independently
- Monitor patients' performance in therapy activities, providing encouragement
- Aid patients in dressing and grooming themselves
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 27% 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