Biochemists and Biophysicists
Life, Physical & Social SciencesAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.076
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.40
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 39% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.19-1021 | 0.045945.5 | 0.041553.9 |
Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.19-1021 | 0.017917.7 | —0 |
Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.19-1021 | 0.00979.6 | 0.00202.5 |
Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.19-1021 | 0.00454.5 | 0.008210.7 |
Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.19-1021 | 0.00383.8 | 0.00253.2 |
Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.19-1021 | 0.00353.5 | —0 |
Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.19-1021 | 0.00333.3 | —0 |
Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.19-1021 | 0.00333.3 | —0 |
Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.19-1021 | 0.00282.8 | —0 |
Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.19-1021 | 0.00282.8 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 11 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work. | —0 | —0 |
Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities. | —0 | —0 |
Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes. | —0 | —0 |
Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules. | —0 | —0 |
Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions. | —0 | —0 |
Design or perform experiments with equipment such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers. | —0 | —0 |
Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution. | —0 | —0 |
Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes. | —0 | —0 |
Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning. | —0 | —0 |
Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.O*NET Task ID 12929 | 1.0 |
Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.O*NET Task ID 12932 | 1.0 |
Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.O*NET Task ID 21168 | 1.0 |
Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.O*NET Task ID 12930 | 0.5 |
Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.O*NET Task ID 12931 | 0.5 |
Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.O*NET Task ID 12933 | 0.5 |
Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.O*NET Task ID 12934 | 0.5 |
Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.O*NET Task ID 12935 | 0.5 |
Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.O*NET Task ID 12936 | 0.5 |
Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.O*NET Task ID 12937 | 0.5 |
Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.O*NET Task ID 12939 | 0.0 |
Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.O*NET Task ID 12945 | 0.0 |
Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.O*NET Task ID 12946 | 0.0 |
Design or perform experiments with equipment, such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.O*NET Task ID 12947 | 0.0 |
Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.O*NET Task ID 12949 | 0.0 |
Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.O*NET Task ID 12951 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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