Industries with less exposure to AI-driven automation tend to involve manual or outdoor work, or specialized knowledge, such as cleaning, installation, maintenance, repair, construction and extraction, production, and transportation moving. Health care practitioners and support staff, farming, forestry, personal care, and protective services were found to have less than one-quarter of their tasks suitable for automation.
On the other hand, the legal field and office and administrative support have about one-third of their tasks replaceable by AI but still have more than half of their tasks as complemental. While some jobs may be replaced by AI tools, the increased productivity could create new types of jobs. AI can also increase the productivity of workers in creative fields, such as product marketing, by providing intelligent automation tools for writing, summarization, research, education, and learning.