Editors
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York City, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 1,696 openings expected each year.
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
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.
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 95% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
AI could do much of this on its own
Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
AI could do much of this on its own
Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
AI could do much of this on its own
Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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