Automation index

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

Training a baseline and a notebook is fast. Shipping it, watching drift, and owning the miss is 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.

#64 / 623

ML engineer

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
Train models, features and notebooks. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	48%	+10.6
Evaluate, document and compare runs. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	42%	+7.6
Deploy, monitor and retrain. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Talk to product about what a good error is. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	15%	+2.4
Dirty data, bias and model limits. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	18%	+2.5
On-call, incidents and rollback. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	16%	+2.2
Total	100%		29%

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

IS WORK OVER?

23%

#311 / 623

Radiation oncologist

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
Contouring, fractions and the dose plan. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	48%	+7.7
Clinic, the tumour and what can be irradiated. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Simulation, immobilisation and the machine day. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Side effects, pauses and the patient who cannot take it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Board, the surgeon and the medical oncologist. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
Signing the plan and the dose that does not erase. 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