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Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.Mostly human for now
- 02Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.Mostly human for now
- 03Move fingers over surfaces of carvings to ensure smoothness of finish.Mostly human for now
- 04Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Drill holes and cut or carve moldings and grooves in stone, according to diagrams and patterns.Mostly human for now
- 06Remove or add stencils during blasting to create differing cut depths, intricate designs, or rough, pitted finishes.Mostly human for now
- 07Guide nozzles over stone, following stencil outlines, or chip along marks to create designs or to work surfaces down to specified finishes.Mostly human for now
- 08Carve designs or figures in full or bas relief on stone, employing knowledge of stone carving techniques and sense of artistry to produce carvings consistent with designers' plans.Mostly human for now
- 09Select chisels, pneumatic or surfacing tools, or sandblasting nozzles, and determine sequence of use.Mostly human for now
- 10Load sandblasting equipment with abrasives, attach nozzles to hoses, and turn valves to admit compressed air and activate jets.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
9%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 84% 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.
- Load sandblasting equipment with abrasives, attach nozzles to hoses, and turn valves to admit compressed air and activate jets.
- Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
- Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.