Automation index

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

A corpus and a chronology come earlier. Going to the archive, reading the hand, and deciding what is a fact do not.

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

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

25%

AI can already do 25% of this job.

#237 / 673

Historian

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, transcribe and sort sources. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	20%	45%	+9
Draft chapters, cards and bibliography. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	38%	+6.8
Archive work and source criticism. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	15%	+2.7
Argue the thesis and debate peers. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Teaching, outreach and museums. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	16%	+2.2
Choose the cut and the question. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	14%	+2
Total	100%		25%

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

IS WORK OVER?

27%

#147 / 673

Headteacher

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
Timetable, quotas and the staff. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Family, the complaint and the one that reaches inspection. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Behaviour, the sanction and not hiding it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Budget, the club and not leaving a hole. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Inspection, the figure and not dressing it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That Monday holds, and not hiding the clash. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		27%

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