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Biologists
Research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Prepare technical and research reports, such as environmental impact reports, and communicate the results to individuals in industry, government, or the general public.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.Mostly human for now
- 04Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.Mostly human for now
- 05Identify, classify, and study structure, behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution of plant and animal species.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Review reports and proposals, such as those relating to land use classifications and recreational development, for accuracy, adequacy, or adherence to policies, regulations, or scientific standards.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Write grant proposals to obtain funding for biological research.AI could speed this up a lot
- 10Teach or supervise students and perform research at universities and colleges.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 loss25%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
49%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 77% 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 66% 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.
- Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
- Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.