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Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
Shape molten glass according to patterns.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.Mostly human for now
- 02Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.Mostly human for now
- 03Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.Mostly human for now
- 04Cut lengths of tubing to specified sizes, using files or cutting wheels.Mostly human for now
- 05Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.Mostly human for now
- 06Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.Mostly human for now
- 09Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 10Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.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
11%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 28% 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 77% 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.
- Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
- Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
- Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.