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Web and Digital Interface Designers

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 hold steady over the next decade, with about 1,039 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 nearly every task in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Balance and adjust gameplay experiences to ensure the critical and commercial success of the product.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Devise missions, challenges, or puzzles to be encountered in game play.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  3. Create core game features, including storylines, role-play mechanics, and character biographies for a new video game or game franchise.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  4. Solicit, obtain, and integrate feedback from design and technical staff into original game design.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Conduct regular design reviews throughout the game development process.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

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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