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Computer and Information Systems Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.Mostly human for now
- 03Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Provide users with technical support for computer problems.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Stay abreast of advances in technology.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.People already use AI for this at work
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 loss16%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
53%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 52% 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
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.
- Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.