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Computer Systems Analysts

The short answer

This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 2,609 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.

How much AI could touch this job

Most exposedband 5 of 5
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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 92% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Troubleshoot program and system malfunctions to restore normal functioning.

    AI could do much of this on its own

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Consult with management to ensure agreement on system principles.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Interview or survey workers, observe job performance, or perform the job to determine what information is processed and how it is processed.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Plan, install, repair, or troubleshoot telehealth technology applications or systems in homes.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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