Automation index

Can AI do the work of a Systems administrator?

A playbook and a disk graph come earlier. Bringing a server up at 4 a.m. and talking to the user do not.

It also does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

27%

AI or a robot can already do 27% of this job.

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Systems administrator

Score = Σ (weight × saving). Weight is our estimate from frequency, not a time share published by O*NET. Saving is separate.

Weights are our estimate from O*NET frequency (FT). O*NET does not publish % of the week.

Task	Share	AI	Adds
Automate accounts, backups and patches. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	20%	45%	+9
Document, inventory and alerts. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	18%	40%	+7.2
Incidents, outages and on-call. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	18%	18%	+3.2
Install, cable and touch hardware. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	16%	15%	+2.4
Permissions, security and difficult users. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	14%	18%	+2.5
Decide what patches and what waits. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	14%	16%	+2.2
Total	100%		26%

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

IS WORK OVER?

19%

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Judge

Score = Σ (weight × saving). Weight is our estimate from frequency, not a time share published by O*NET. Saving is separate.

Weights are our estimate from O*NET frequency (FT). O*NET does not publish % of the week.

Task	Share	AI	Adds
Read, index and summarise the case file. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	20%	38%	+7.6
Draft routine orders and procedural rulings. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	16%	32%	+5.1
Hearing, examination and adversarial argument. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	18%	12%	+2.2
Weigh evidence, credibility and context. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	18%	10%	+1.8
Write and reason the judgment. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	16%	12%	+1.9
Sign, own the decision and preside. Estimate No public source pins this saving. It is an estimate of the method.	12%	6%	+0.7
Total	100%		19%

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