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Genetic Counselors
Assess individual or family risk for a variety of inherited conditions, such as genetic disorders and birth defects. Provide information to other healthcare providers or to individuals and families concerned with the risk of inherited conditions. Advise individuals and families to support informed decisionmaking and coping methods for those at risk. May help conduct research related to genetic conditions or genetic counseling.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance.Mostly human for now
- 02Analyze genetic information to identify patients or families at risk for specific disorders or syndromes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Provide genetic counseling in specified areas of clinical genetics, such as obstetrics, pediatrics, oncology and neurology.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Discuss testing options and the associated risks, benefits and limitations with patients and families to assist them in making informed decisions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Interview patients or review medical records to obtain comprehensive patient or family medical histories, and document findings.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Provide patients with information about the inheritance of conditions such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and various forms of cancer.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Write detailed consultation reports to provide information on complex genetic concepts to patients or referring physicians.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Assess patients' psychological or emotional needs, such as those relating to stress, fear of test results, financial issues, and marital conflicts to make referral recommendations or assist patients in managing test outcomes.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 loss1%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
50%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
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 counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance.
- Assess patients' psychological or emotional needs, such as those relating to stress, fear of test results, financial issues, and marital conflicts to make referral recommendations or assist patients in managing test outcomes.