Automation index

How much of a Infectious disease physician’s job can AI already do?

An antibiogram comes earlier. Picking the antibiotic and not breeding resistance do not.

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

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

23%

AI can already do 23% of this job.

#298 / 633

Infectious disease physician

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
Read cultures, PCR and the antibiogram. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	48%	+7.7
Consult, the febrile patient and the one who does not respond. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Antibiotic plan, HIV and tropical disease. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Stewardship, resistance and the hospital protocol. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Isolation, public health and the ward outbreak. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
On-call and signing the last-resort drug. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		23%

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

IS WORK OVER?

31%

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Copy 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
Spelling, agreement and consistency. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	52%	+9.4
Style, repetition and sentence rhythm. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	48%	+7.7
Queries to the author, grey areas and the house style. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Second proofs, PDF and last-minute typos. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Deadlines with publisher, layout and translation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Judgement, not over-rewriting, and the typo that remains. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		31%

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