Automation index

How much of a Taxi driver’s job can AI already do?

The route is already an app. Traffic, the 3 a.m. passenger, and knowing when not to stop stay yours.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

18%

AI can already do 18% of this job.

#590 / 643

Taxi driver

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
Navigate, take payment and log shifts. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Find the passenger and read the city. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Drive safely in all kinds of traffic. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	8%	+1.8
Care, luggage and passenger languages. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	15%	+2.4
Car maintenance and shifts. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Licences, radio and zone knowledge. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	22%	+3.1
Total	100%		19%

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

IS WORK OVER?

31%

#32 / 643

Copy editor

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
Spelling, agreement and consistency. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	52%	+9.4
Style, repetition and sentence rhythm. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	48%	+7.7
Queries to the author, grey areas and the house style. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Second proofs, PDF and last-minute typos. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Deadlines with publisher, layout and translation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Judgement, not over-rewriting, and the typo that remains. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		31%

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