OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
5%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
Lightly singed at worst. Carry on.
25% 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
- Record work activities performed
- Measure area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service
- Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients
- Study preliminary reports or diagrams of infested area and determine treatment type required to eliminate and prevent recurrence of infestation
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations
- Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins
- Clean work site after completion of job
- Drive truck equipped with power spraying equipment
- Direct, or assist other workers in, treatment or extermination processes to eliminate or control rodents, insects, or weeds
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 25% 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