Automation index
How much of a Information specialist’s job can AI already do?
Filing a PDF and a thesaurus come earlier. Retrieving what the house does not know it has do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Information specialist
31%
AI can already do 31% of this job.
#33 / 623
View rankingInformation specialist
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Classify, index and describe holdings.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Thesauri, metadata and the internal search.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 52% | +8.3 |
Answer queries and retrieve what nobody can find.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Records policy, retention and destruction.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 22% | +4 |
Train people who file badly and people who do not file.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
The organisation’s memory, and not losing it.EstimateNo 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
Skills and activities
- manage records
- index holdings
- classify archives
- retrieve information
- metadata
- thesauri
- retention policy
- internal search
Sources for this job· O*NET 25-4013.00· ESCO/ISCO 2622
IS WORK OVER?
Oceanographer
22%
#357 / 623
View rankingOceanographer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Model, buoys and the cruise.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Sea, sampling and the one who misses the cast.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Data, the gap and not interpolating extra.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Report, the coast and the one who will not hear.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
The storm, the ship and aborting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Read the water, and not trusting the model alone.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- current models
- buoys
- ocean cruises
- sampling
- interpolation
- the coast
- the storm
- casts
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-2042.00· ESCO/ISCO 2114