Automation index
How much of a Physicist’s job can AI already do?
A curve fit and a first paper come earlier. Designing the experiment, and believing the datum, do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Physicist
28%
AI can already do 28% of this job.
#98 / 693
View rankingPhysicist
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Simulate, fit and reduce data.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 50% | +11 |
Draft papers, posters and proposals.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 42% | +7.6 |
Design the experiment and the apparatus.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Measure in the lab or in the field.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
Argue with the group and peer-review.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 15% | +2.1 |
Win machine time and funding.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Simulate, fit and reduce data
- Draft papers, posters and proposals
- Design the experiment and the apparatus
- Measure in the lab or in the field
- Argue with the group and peer-review
- Win machine time and funding
- fisico
- physicist
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-2012.00· ESCO/ISCO 2111
IS WORK OVER?
School sports coach
22%
#354 / 693
View rankingSchool sports coach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Session, the kit and the group.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Pitch, the one who never gets the ball and the one who humiliates.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Injury, the protocol and calling home.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Match, the score and not shouting at a child.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
The parent, the bench and not yielding.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
That they all play, and not just the chair's child.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
- school sessions
- minute rotation
- injury protocol
- parents on the bench
- not shout at children
- kit
- matches
- inclusion
Sources for this job· O*NET 27-2022.00· ESCO/ISCO 3422