Automation index

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

A map and a layer clip come earlier. Reading the territory and signing off the plan do not.

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

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

29%

AI can already do 29% of this job.

#59 / 623

Geographer

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
GIS, layers, clips and working maps. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Impact reports, demography and land use. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Fieldwork, interviews and checking what the map says. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Planning, objections and work with the council. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Explain, map for non-experts and teaching. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
The territorial opinion and owning the report. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		28%

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

IS WORK OVER?

25%

#220 / 623

Book editor

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
Readers’ reports, selection and rejection. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Work the text with the author: structure and tone. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
P&L, advances, contracts and the schedule. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Coordinate copy-edit, layout, cover and press. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
List, bookshops and the life of the title. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The editorial bet and owning the book. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		25%

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