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Dishwashers
Clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Wash dishes, glassware, flatware, pots, or pans, using dishwashers or by hand.Mostly human for now
- 02Maintain kitchen work areas, equipment, or utensils in clean and orderly condition.Mostly human for now
- 03Place clean dishes, utensils, or cooking equipment in storage areas.Mostly human for now
- 04Sweep or scrub floors.Mostly human for now
- 05Stock supplies, such as food or utensils, in serving stations, cupboards, refrigerators, or salad bars.Mostly human for now
- 06Clean or prepare various foods for cooking or serving.Mostly human for now
- 07Sort and remove trash, placing it in designated pickup areas.Mostly human for now
- 08Transfer supplies or equipment between storage and work areas, by hand or using hand trucks.Mostly human for now
- 09Receive and store supplies.Mostly human for now
- 10Clean garbage cans with water or steam.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 lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%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 3% 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 98% 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.
- Wash dishes, glassware, flatware, pots, or pans, using dishwashers or by hand.
- Maintain kitchen work areas, equipment, or utensils in clean and orderly condition.
- Place clean dishes, utensils, or cooking equipment in storage areas.