OBSERVED IN REAL USE · Anthropic 2026
9%
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.
27% 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
- Attend lectures, conferences, or continuing education courses
- Specialize in a particular type of treatment, such as dentistry, pathology, nutrition, surgery, microbiology, or internal medicine
- Operate diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic or ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images
- Educate the public about diseases that can be spread from animals to humans
- Perform administrative or business management tasks, such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, budgeting, or maintaining business records
WHAT IT STILL CAN’T
- Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery
- Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper
- Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries
- Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis
- Euthanize animals
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 27% 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