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Rock Splitters, Quarry
Separate blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass using jackhammers, wedges, or chop saws.
9 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Locate grain line patterns to determine how rocks will split when cut.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Remove pieces of stone from larger masses, using jackhammers, wedges, and other tools.Mostly human for now
- 03Insert wedges and feathers into holes, and drive wedges with sledgehammers to split stone sections from masses.Mostly human for now
- 04Mark dimensions or outlines on stone prior to cutting, using rules and chalk lines.Mostly human for now
- 05Cut slabs of stone into sheets that will be used for floors or counters.Mostly human for now
- 06Set charges of explosives to split rock.Mostly human for now
- 07Drill holes along outlines, using jackhammers.Mostly human for now
- 08Drill holes into sides of stones broken from masses, insert dogs or attach slings, and direct removal of stones.Mostly human for now
- 09Cut grooves along outlines, using chisels.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
8%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 4% 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 73% 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.
- Cut slabs of stone into sheets that will be used for floors or counters.
- Set charges of explosives to split rock.
- Drill holes along outlines, using jackhammers.