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Nannies
Care for children in private households and provide support and expertise to parents in satisfying children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs. Duties may include meal planning and preparation, laundry and clothing care, organization of play activities and outings, discipline, intellectual stimulation, language activities, and transportation.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Instruct children in safe behavior, such as seeking adult assistance when crossing the street and avoiding contact with unsafe objects.Mostly human for now
- 02Remove hazards and develop appropriate boundaries and rules to create a safe environment for children.Mostly human for now
- 03Perform first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.Mostly human for now
- 04Instruct and assist children in the development of health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet behavior.Mostly human for now
- 05Regulate children's rest periods and nap schedules.Mostly human for now
- 06Teach and perform age-appropriate activities, such as lap play, reading, and arts and crafts, to encourage intellectual development of children.Mostly human for now
- 07Help prepare and serve nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for children.Mostly human for now
- 08Model appropriate social behaviors and encourage concern for others to cultivate development of interpersonal relationships and communication skills.Mostly human for now
- 09Organize and conduct age-appropriate recreational activities, such as games, arts and crafts, sports, walks, and play dates.Mostly human for now
- 10Assign appropriate chores and praise targeted behaviors to encourage development of self-control, self-confidence, and responsibility.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
14%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 54% 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 55% 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.
- Instruct children in safe behavior, such as seeking adult assistance when crossing the street and avoiding contact with unsafe objects.
- Remove hazards and develop appropriate boundaries and rules to create a safe environment for children.
- Perform first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.