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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.Mostly human for now
- 02Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.Mostly human for now
- 04Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.Mostly human for now
- 05Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.Mostly human for now
- 07Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.Mostly human for now
- 08Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.Mostly human for now
- 09Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material.Mostly human for now
- 10Type instructions on computer keyboards, push buttons to activate computer programs, or manually set cutting guides, clamps, and knives.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 loss3%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
7%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 25% 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 83% 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.
- Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.
- Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.
- Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.