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Write material for artistic or commercial purposes

Work activity · O*NET

Write material for artistic or commercial purposes is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Documenting/Recording Information. 52 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Write articles, books or other original materials in area of expertise
  • Write material for artistic or entertainment purposes
  • Write advertising or promotional material

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 88.5% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 53.9% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 69.1% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 95th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Writers and Authors 8
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers 7
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Public Relations Specialists 2
Actors 1
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Audio and Video Technicians 1
Baristas 1
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 1
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Clergy 1
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Curators 1
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Epidemiologists 1
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Farm and Home Management Educators 1
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Graphic Designers 1
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1
History Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Law Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Library Technicians 1
Materials Engineers 1

Showing 40 of 52 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 39 occupations in occupations that perform Write material for artistic or commercial purposes.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Baristas Audio and Video Technicians Library Technicians Materials Engineers Clergy Farm and Home Management Educators Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary Communications Teachers, Postsecondary Education Teachers, Postsecondary Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys Law Teachers, Postsecondary AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Write material for artistic or commercial purposes., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Write material for artistic or commercial purposes." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/write-material-for-artistic-or-commercial-purposes

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Write material for artistic or commercial purposes. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/write-material-for-artistic-or-commercial-purposes

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-write-material-for-artistic-or-commercial-purposes,
  title  = {Write material for artistic or commercial purposes},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/write-material-for-artistic-or-commercial-purposes}
}

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