What work can robots do?

Advances in large language models have raised the possibility of automating large swaths of work. But many jobs are physical. AI’s impact on the economy will in part depend on robotics.¹ Predicting the pace of robot advances is difficult, but enumerating capabilities today, we argue, can give insight into the coming years. We develop a measure of job exposure to robots, using Claude to assess how well present-day robots can perform work tasks. A job is more exposed when robots can do more of its tasks in less controlled environments.

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