Automation index
How much of a Detective’s job can AI already do?
Searching records and a report come earlier. Following someone, believing a witness, and not burning the case do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Detective
22%
AI can already do 22% of this job.
#328 / 623
View rankingDetective
Where the time goes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Search records, cameras and files.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 42% | +8.4 |
Reports, timelines and court requests.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 35% | +5.6 |
Surveillance, interviews and the scene.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 12% | +2.2 |
Weigh a witness and a false lead.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 10% | +1.6 |
Coordinate with prosecutors and units.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
Decide the next step and keep the file closed.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- police report
- patrol
- identify a person
- Search records, cameras and files
- Reports, timelines and court requests
- Surveillance, interviews and the scene
- Weigh a witness and a false lead
- Coordinate with prosecutors and units
- detective
- investigador privado
Sources for this job· O*NET 33-3021.00· ESCO/ISCO 5412
IS WORK OVER?
Physicist
28%
#98 / 623
View rankingPhysicist
Where the time goes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Simulate, fit and reduce data.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 50% | +11 |
Draft papers, posters and proposals.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 42% | +7.6 |
Design the experiment and the apparatus.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Measure in the lab or in the field.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
Argue with the group and peer-review.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 15% | +2.1 |
Win machine time and funding.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Simulate, fit and reduce data
- Draft papers, posters and proposals
- Design the experiment and the apparatus
- Measure in the lab or in the field
- Argue with the group and peer-review
- Win machine time and funding
- fisico
- physicist
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-2012.00· ESCO/ISCO 2111