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Craft Artists
Create or reproduce handmade objects for sale and exhibition using a variety of techniques, such as welding, weaving, pottery, and needlecraft.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Select materials for use based on strength, color, texture, balance, weight, size, malleability and other characteristics.Mostly human for now
- 02Create functional or decorative objects by hand, using a variety of methods and materials.Mostly human for now
- 03Develop concepts or creative ideas for craft objects.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Apply finishes to objects being crafted.Mostly human for now
- 05Cut, shape, fit, join, mold, or otherwise process materials, using hand tools, power tools, or machinery.Mostly human for now
- 06Set specifications for materials, dimensions, and finishes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Advertise products and work, using media such as internet advertising and brochures.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Sketch or draw objects to be crafted.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Pack products for shipping.No rating yet
- 10Fabricate patterns or templates to guide craft production.Mostly human for now
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 loss5%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
26%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 66% 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 70% 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.
- Select materials for use based on strength, color, texture, balance, weight, size, malleability and other characteristics.
- Create functional or decorative objects by hand, using a variety of methods and materials.
- Apply finishes to objects being crafted.
AI tools for your work
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