OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
3%
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.
23% 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 and compile operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs, or reports
- Receive outage calls and request necessary personnel during power outages or emergencies
- Prepare and submit compliance, operational, and safety forms or reports
- Communicate with systems operators to regulate and coordinate line voltages and transmission loads and frequencies
- Inspect records or log book entries or communicate with plant personnel to assess equipment operating status
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Adjust controls to generate specified electrical power or to regulate the flow of power between generating stations and substations
- Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels
- Control or maintain auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, condensers, feedwater heaters, filters, or chlorinators, to supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, or auxiliary power
- Control power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using control boards or semi-automatic equipment
- Start or stop generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, turbines, or other power plant equipment as necessary
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 23% 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