All sectorsThe same grid as text
Life, Physical, and Social Science
How far apart the occupations inside this sector are.
AI finishes1,236 tasks
13%
of this sector's tasks, at L2 or above. The middle sector is at 3%.
Spread inside60
49pt
points between its widest and its narrowest occupation, among the 39 anything was read about.
The work in this sector, as 100 squares
One square, one task, filled to the lowest level covering it.
of 1,236
- L5 · Full automationemptyAI delivers alone in any setting, with no defined scope limiting it.
- L4 · High automationemptyAI delivers alone inside a defined scope, running in real business.
- L3 · Conditional automationemptyAI completes it; a person spot-checks rather than reviews each one.
- L2 · Partial automation160AI produces the bulk; a person reviews and corrects every item.
- L1 · Assisted11AI helps in places; a person does the whole delivery.
- L0 · ManualemptyAI takes no part in this work.
- Unknown317part of this work has no evidence either way
- Untouched748no update in the collected window mentions it
What moved it
Updates that left evidence on work reaching this sector.
2026-08-2446 days recorded2026-10-08
- 10-08AMIE matches doctor diagnoses in 90% of 100 patient interactions with 0 safety stopsAssess practical performance and occupational competence · Develop algorithms and study computational properties · Build research prototypes and run comparative experiments
- 10-08Google's AMIE studied prospectively in real clinic, results in The LancetDesign and conduct biomedical experiments · Develop algorithms and study computational properties · Build research prototypes and run comparative experiments
- 10-08Astrophysicist uses Claude Science to build first complete ultraviolet sky mapAssess practical performance and occupational competence · Build research prototypes and run comparative experiments · Design experiments and observations and analyze physical data · Search research literature and synthesize evidence
- 10-08Ignite Vision builds AI creator matching on Qwen, cutting screening from hours to minutesAssess practical performance and occupational competence
- 10-07Claude Haiku 5.5 generally available in GitHub CopilotAssess practical performance and occupational competence
- 10-07ChatGPT introduces Intelligent UIProvide adapted instruction and supported communication
and 119 more
What AI does here
The work reaching this sector, furthest first.
- Assess practical performance and occupational competenceL3 · Conditional automation
- Write papers reports and research collaboration materialsL2 · Partial automation
- Search research literature and synthesize evidenceL2 · Partial automation
- Design and conduct biomedical experimentsL2 · Partial automation
- Demonstrate occupational skills and conduct practical trainingL2 · Partial automation
- Provide adapted instruction and supported communicationL2 · Partial automation
- Test food safety and batch qualityL2 · Partial automation
- Collect and prepare earth and environmental observationsL2 · Partial automation
- Analyze biological samples and omics dataL2 · Partial automation
- Design experiments and observations and analyze physical dataL2 · Partial automation
- Analyze research data and derive user insightsL2 · Partial automation
- Model climate geological and environmental processesL2 · Partial automation
Inside this sector
Occupations60
The same hundred squares, once per occupation, ranked.
- WidestAtmospheric and Space Scientists52%
- NarrowestAnthropologists and Archeologists3%
- 49 points apart no update in the collected window mentions this occupation 21 more have no evidence at all.
- Atmospheric and Space Scientists27 tasks52%
- Biochemists and Biophysicists24 tasks50%
- Bioinformatics Scientists20 tasks50%
- Food Science Technicians16 tasks50%
- Geneticists24 tasks50%
- Astronomers17 tasks47%
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists22 tasks45%
- Physicists16 tasks44%
- Food Scientists and Technologists13 tasks38%
- Hydrologists25 tasks36%
- Microbiologists14 tasks36%
- Geographers12 tasks33%
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists24 tasks29%
- Epidemiologists16 tasks25%
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists14 tasks21%
- Hydrologic Technicians16 tasks19%
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers32 tasks16%
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health22 tasks14%
- Neuropsychologists14 tasks14%
- Social Science Research Assistants22 tasks14%
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists14 tasks14%
- Materials Scientists16 tasks13%
- Sociologists15 tasks13%
- Industrial-Organizational Psychologists25 tasks12%
- Animal Scientists9 tasks11%
- Remote Sensing Technicians21 tasks10%
- Chemists12 tasks8%
- Climate Change Policy Analysts14 tasks7%
- Political Scientists14 tasks7%
- Biological Technicians18 tasks6%
- Clinical Neuropsychologists18 tasks6%
- Biologists22 tasks5%
- Environmental Economists20 tasks5%
- Industrial Ecologists38 tasks5%
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists22 tasks5%
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health25 tasks4%
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians26 tasks4%
- Soil and Plant Scientists27 tasks4%
- Anthropologists and Archeologists30 tasks3%
- Agricultural Technicians26 tasks0%
- Chemical Technicians16 tasks0%
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists30 tasks0%
- Conservation Scientists30 tasks0%
- Economists14 tasks0%
- Environmental Restoration Planners23 tasks0%
- Forensic Science Technicians24 tasks0%
- Forest and Conservation Technicians20 tasks0%
- Foresters25 tasks0%
- Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians29 tasks0%
- Historians21 tasks0%
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians16 tasks0%
- Nuclear Technicians18 tasks0%
- Park Naturalists20 tasks0%
- Precision Agriculture Technicians22 tasks0%
- Quality Control Analysts26 tasks0%
- Range Managers18 tasks0%
- School Psychologists19 tasks0%
- Survey Researchers16 tasks0%
- Transportation Planners22 tasks0%
- Urban and Regional Planners25 tasks0%
median 6% · share of tasks AI produces the bulk of, leaving a person to check