Automation index

How much of a Biochemist’s job can AI already do?

A protocol and a curve come earlier. An assay that says what it says does not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

24%

AI can already do 24% of this job.

#259 / 633

Biochemist

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Protocols, curves and analysis. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Bench, pipettes and assays. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
Team, paper and not dressing a gel. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Quality, lots and documentation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Rules, waste and safety. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	16%	+2.6
Not publishing a result that does not replicate. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		24%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

IS WORK OVER?

31%

#33 / 633

Information specialist

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Classify, index and describe holdings. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Thesauri, metadata and the internal search. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	52%	+8.3
Answer queries and retrieve what nobody can find. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Records policy, retention and destruction. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Train people who file badly and people who do not file. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
The organisation’s memory, and not losing it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		30%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low