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Audio and Video Technicians
Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.Mostly human for now
- 02Diagnose and resolve media system problems.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.Mostly human for now
- 04Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Control the lights and sound of events, such as live concerts, before and after performances, and during intermissions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Switch sources of video input from one camera or studio to another, from film to live programming, or from network to local programming.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Perform minor repairs and routine cleaning of audio and video equipment.Mostly human for now
- 10Design layouts of audio and video equipment and perform upgrades and maintenance.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss2%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
44%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 59% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 34% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
- Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
- Perform minor repairs and routine cleaning of audio and video equipment.