Automation index
How much of a UX designer’s job can AI already do?
Today an AI can already spin variants and assemble a first cut. Deciding what works, what ships, and why, is still direction.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
UX designer
46%
AI can already do 46% of this job.
#3 / 623
View rankingUX designer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Flows and wireframesEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 35% | 70% | +24.5 |
Tests and synthesisEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 25% | 50% | +12.5 |
System and judgmentEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 25% | 25% | +6.3 |
Team workshopsEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 15% | 15% | +2.3 |
| Total | 100% | 46% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- design interfaces
- prototypes
- figma
- work ergonomically
- understand artistic concepts
- safeguard artistic quality of performance
- analyse score
- monitor sociological trends
- draw up lighting plan
- assess power needs
Sources for this job· O*NET 15-1255.00· ESCO/ISCO 2166
IS WORK OVER?
Art conservator
21%
#431 / 623
View rankingArt conservator
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Survey, photos, analysis and the treatment proposal.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Cleaning, fill, inpainting and protection.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Reversibility, and not overworking the piece.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Report, dossier and the owner’s or museum’s yes.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Transport, climate and the piece’s setting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Ethics and liability for what is touched.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 21% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- conserve art
- clean paint
- inpainting
- fills
- treatment report
- reversibility
- analyse the work
- not overworking the piece
Sources for this job· O*NET 25-4013.00· ESCO/ISCO 2621