Physics Teachers, Postsecondary

1. 01Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.People already use AI for this at work
2. 02Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.AI could speed this up a lot
3. 03Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.People already use AI for this at work
4. 04Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as quantum mechanics, particle physics, and optics.People already use AI for this at work
5. 05Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.Mostly human for now
6. 06Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
7. 07Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.Mostly human for now
8. 08Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.AI could speed this up a lot
9. 09Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.People already use AI for this at work
10. 10Supervise students' laboratory work.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.

The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.

1. Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
2. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
3. Supervise students' laboratory work.

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