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Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Demonstrate merchandise and answer questions for the purpose of creating public interest in buying the product. May sell demonstrated merchandise.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Provide product samples, coupons, informational brochures, or other incentives to persuade people to buy products.Mostly human for now
- 02Sell products being promoted and keep records of sales.Mostly human for now
- 03Keep areas neat while working and return items to correct locations following demonstrations.Mostly human for now
- 04Demonstrate or explain products, methods, or services to persuade customers to purchase products or use services.Mostly human for now
- 05Record and report demonstration-related information, such as the number of questions asked by the audience or the number of coupons distributed.Mostly human for now
- 06Suggest specific product purchases to meet customers' needs.Mostly human for now
- 07Research or investigate products to be presented to prepare for demonstrations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Set up and arrange displays or demonstration areas to attract the attention of prospective customers.Mostly human for now
- 09Identify interested and qualified customers to provide them with additional information.Mostly human for now
- 10Visit trade shows, stores, community organizations, or other venues to demonstrate products or services or to answer questions from potential customers.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 loss8%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
13%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 90% 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 79% 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.
- Provide product samples, coupons, informational brochures, or other incentives to persuade people to buy products.
- Sell products being promoted and keep records of sales.
- Keep areas neat while working and return items to correct locations following demonstrations.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps sales use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.