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EXPOSURE TO AI
9%
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.

9% 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
  • Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments
  • Study artistic objects or graphic materials, such as models, sketches, or blueprints, to plan carving or cutting techniques
  • Copy drawings on rough clay or plaster models
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
  • Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments
  • Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish
  • Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings
  • Cut, shape, and finish rough blocks of building or monumental stone, according to diagrams or patterns
  • Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns
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.
SOURCES: O*NET 30.3 occupational tasks · Eloundou et al. 2023 (“GPTs are GPTs”,arXiv:2303.10130) · Anthropic Economic Index 2026 (CC-BY)  | how this is calculated  | last updated 2026-07-16