EXPOSURE TO AI
38%
MODERATE
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
1%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
Half in the fire, half out. Choose which half you become.
38% 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. In the blast radius. A real slice of the work is already automatable. The rest isn’t.
WHAT AI CAN ALREADY DO
- Maintain records, such as quantities or types of processing completed, materials used, or customer charges
- Read work orders to determine required processes, techniques, materials, or equipment
- Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software
- Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols
- Produce color or black-and-white photographs, negatives, or slides, applying standard photographic reproduction techniques and procedures
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements
- Fill tanks of processing machines with solutions such as developer, dyes, stop-baths, fixers, bleaches, or washes
- Measure and mix chemicals to prepare solutions for processing, according to formulas
- Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, or printing paper into processing or printing machines
- Insert processed negatives and prints into envelopes for delivery to customers
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 38% 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