AI and your profession
Which professions is AI changing — and what to do?
Not a fear list. A map: how much each sector overlaps with today's AI, per citable research — and why high exposure doesn't mean your job disappears, it means it changes.
AI exposure by sector
| Sector | Exposure | Overlapping tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Legal | 89/100 | 41% |
| Finance & business | 82/100 | 52% |
| IT & data | 78/100 | 60% |
| Education & training | 74/100 | 42% |
| Management | 73/100 | 44% |
| Social & community | 71/100 | 36% |
| Science & research | 70/100 | 49% |
| Engineering & architecture | 69/100 | 42% |
| Sales | 65/100 | 49% |
| Admin & office | 65/100 | 48% |
| Arts, design & media | 58/100 | 38% |
| Healthcare | 56/100 | 28% |
| Personal care & services | 44/100 | 23% |
| Protective services | 43/100 | 28% |
| Healthcare support | 38/100 | 13% |
| Food & hospitality | 29/100 | 13% |
| Transport & logistics | 29/100 | 16% |
| Production & manufacturing | 27/100 | 8% |
| Installation & repair | 24/100 | 10% |
| Farming, fishing & forestry | 17/100 | 10% |
| Cleaning & maintenance | 14/100 | 12% |
| Construction & trades | 8/100 | 5% |
Occupation-level estimate (not your exact tasks), based on AIOE (Felten et al., 2021) and “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al., 2024).
—Exposure isn't destiny
Exposure measures how much of your work overlaps with what AI can already do — not how much it will replace you. The most exposed sectors are often the ones that gain most by using it well. What decides your future isn't your exposure, but what you do with it.
What to do: the 3 A's
01
Automate the routine
Hand the repeatable and predictable to AI to free time and attention for what only you can do.
02
Augment your judgment
Use AI as a copilot to do what you already do better — analyse, draft, explore ideas — with your judgment in charge.
03
Anticipate what's next
Grow what AI can't close: judgment, relationships, creativity and continuous learning. That's your edge.
Frequently asked questions
- Is AI going to take my job?
- Almost never all at once. Usually it changes which tasks you do and how, not whether your profession exists. Exposure measures task overlap, not replacement: the most exposed often gain most by using AI well.
- Which professions are the most and least exposed?
- Knowledge jobs with lots of on-screen information — legal, finance, IT, education, management — are the most exposed. Manual and in-person care work — construction, cleaning, hospitality, farming — are the least exposed, for now.
- Where does this data come from?
- From public, citable research: the AIOE index (Felten et al., 2021) and “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al., 2024), aggregated to the 22 major occupational groups. These are occupation-level figures, not your exact tasks — no false precision.
- How do I prepare?
- With the 3 A's: automate the routine, augment your judgment by using AI as a copilot, and anticipate by growing what AI can't close. Take the test to see your exposure and a concrete next step.