Writers and Authors

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 1,080 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

least exposedmost exposed

Looking at the job itself, AI could help with most 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 94% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.
AI could do much of this on its own
Develop factors such as themes, plots, characterizations, psychological analyses, historical environments, action, and dialogue to create material.
AI could do much of this on its own
Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.
AI could do much of this on its own
Choose subject matter and suitable form to express personal feelings and experiences or ideas, or to narrate stories or events.
AI could do much of this on its own
Develop advertising campaigns for a wide range of clients, working with an advertising agency's creative director and art director to determine the best way to present advertising information.
AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Teach writing classes.
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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None of the usual next-step jobs in New York Stateclear all three bars right now: enough openings, pay within 10% of yours, and no higher AI exposure. That doesn't mean you're stuck—here are the closest options, with an honest label on what falls short.

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