EXPOSURE TO AI
18%
RESILIENT
OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
0%
of this role’s work is already showing up in real Claude usage (Anthropic Economic Index).
Certified irreplaceable. For now, gloriously human.
18% 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. Certified hard to automate. Today’s AI barely touches the core of this one.
WHAT AI CAN ALREADY DO
- Complete order receipts
- Keep records of out-going orders
- Keep records on the use or damage of stock or stock-handling equipment
- Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise
- Operate equipment such as forklifts
- Stamp, attach, or change price tags on merchandise, referring to price list
- Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves
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 18% 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