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Data Scientists
Develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software. Apply data mining, data modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract and analyze information from large structured and unstructured datasets. Visualize, interpret, and report data findings. May create dynamic data reports.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Analyze, manipulate, or process large sets of data using statistical software.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Create graphs, charts, or other visualizations to convey the results of data analysis using specialized software.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Test, validate, and reformulate models to ensure accurate prediction of outcomes of interest.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Deliver oral or written presentations of the results of mathematical modeling and data analysis to management or other end users.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Recommend data-driven solutions to key stakeholders.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Identify business problems or management objectives that can be addressed through data analysis.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Compare models using statistical performance metrics, such as loss functions or proportion of explained variance.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Clean and manipulate raw data using statistical software.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Identify solutions to business problems, such as budgeting, staffing, and marketing decisions, using the results of data analysis.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Apply feature selection algorithms to models predicting outcomes of interest, such as sales, attrition, and healthcare use.AI could speed this up a lot
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 loss46%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
75%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 98% 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
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps data analysts use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.