AI exposure

Factory worker: will AI take this job?

50%Changing fast
You’ve competed with robots for 40 years. You’re a veteran at this.

Why

Repetitive tasks get automated; setting up, fixing and supervising machines grows.

Where to look next

  1. Robot operator / programmer
  2. Maintenance technician
  3. Quality control

What AI already does

  • Repetitive assembly
  • Quality vision checks

What stays human

  • Setting up machines
  • Fixing breakdowns
  • Small-batch work

Skills worth learning — Industry & agriculture

  • Robots and automation
  • Maintenance
  • Precision technology

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For fun, not a forecast. Scores are our rough estimates of how much of a job’s tasks AI can already help with, based on the ILO (2025) and Microsoft Research (2025) studies. Exposure usually means the job changes, not that it disappears — the ILO puts about 1 in 4 jobs worldwide in exposed occupations, but only 3.3% in the highest category.