OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
12%
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.
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 facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities
- Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers
- Photograph or draw diagrams of crime or accident scenes and interview principals and eyewitnesses
- Evaluate complaint and emergency-request information to determine response requirements
- Verify that the proper legal charges have been made against law offenders
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts
- Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations
- Render aid to accident victims and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries
- Testify in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic and criminal cases
- Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests
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