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?

31%

AI can already do 31% of this job.

#33 / 623

Information specialist

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. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Thesauri, metadata and the internal search. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	52%	+8.3
Answer queries and retrieve what nobody can find. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Records policy, retention and destruction. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Train people who file badly and people who do not file. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
The organisation’s memory, and not losing it. Estimate No 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

IS WORK OVER?

19%

#532 / 623

Weaver

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
Warp, weave and the width. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Weave, shuttle and the yarn that snaps. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	8%	+1.8
Finish, fringe and the shrink. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Loom, the rhythm and the commissioned piece. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The client, the colour and not changing the warp halfway. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Without breaking the pick, and a clean weave. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	12%	+1.7
Total	100%		19%

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