Automation index
How much of a Writer’s job can AI already do?
A first chapter and a synopsis can be farmed out. Choosing the book, lasting three years, and signing it cannot.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Writer
27%
AI can already do 27% of this job.
#151 / 623
View rankingWriter
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Research, document and outline plots.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 45% | +9.9 |
Draft chapters and variants.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 38% | +7.6 |
Rewrite with an editor and your own taste.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Readings, fairs and reader relations.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
Contracts, agent and book promotion.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 15% | +2.1 |
Find the voice and decide what ships.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 18% | +2.5 |
| Total | 100% | 27% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Research, document and outline plots
- Draft chapters and variants
- Rewrite with an editor and your own taste
- Readings, fairs and reader relations
- Contracts, agent and book promotion
- Find the voice and decide what ships
- escritor
- escritora
- novelista
- writer novelist
Sources for this job· O*NET 27-3043.00· ESCO/ISCO 2641
IS WORK OVER?
Sporting director
27%
#149 / 623
View rankingSporting director
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Squad, wages and financial fair play.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Signings, scouting and the one who does not fit.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Coach, the project and the one who burns.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Board, the fans and not selling smoke.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The injury, the window and not papering over.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Sign well, and not breaking the dressing room.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 27% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- squad
- signings
- fair play
- scouting
- wages
- the project
- dressing room
- the window
Sources for this job· O*NET 27-2022.00· ESCO/ISCO 3422