Technical Writers
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In Long Island, the number of these jobs is expected to hold steady over the next decade, with about 20 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 93% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Organize material and complete writing assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.
AI could do much of this on its own
Maintain records and files of work and revisions.
AI could do much of this on its own
Edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers or establishment personnel.
AI could do much of this on its own
Select photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts to illustrate material.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Interview production and engineering personnel and read journals and other material to become familiar with product technologies and production methods.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Confer with customer representatives, vendors, plant executives, or publisher to establish technical specifications and to determine subject material to be developed for publication.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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