Collaborate on research activities with scientists or technical specialists.

Collaborate on research activities with scientists or technical specialists. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 15 occupations and seen in 15 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assist scientists, scholars, or technical specialists with projects or research. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 14 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 14 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 7 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.011% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Develop radiation treatment plans in consultation with members of the radiation oncology team. · Medical Dosimetrists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with other astronomers to carry out research projects. · Astronomers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with other researchers in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of surveys. · Survey Researchers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Provide technical support and services for scientists and engineers working in fields such as agriculture, environmental science, resource management, biology, and health sciences. · Biological Technicians · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers. · Chemical Technicians · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews. · Compliance Managers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Confer with ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, documents, electronics, medical, chemical, or metallurgical experts concerning evidence and its interpretation. · Forensic Science Technicians · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Confer with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests. · Chemists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Consult with other offices, agencies, professionals, or researchers regarding the use and interpretation of climatological information for weather predictions and warnings. · Atmospheric and Space Scientists · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with biologists and other professionals to conduct appropriate genetic and biochemical analyses. · Geneticists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with other scientists in the design, development, and testing of experimental, industrial, or medical equipment, instrumentation, and procedures. · Physicists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Participate in multidisciplinary projects in areas such as virtual reality, human-computer interaction, or robotics. · Computer and Information Research Scientists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Assist speech-language pathologists in the conduct of speech-language research projects. · Speech-Language Pathology Assistants · importance 2.6 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with hydrogeologists to evaluate groundwater or well circulation. · Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians · importance 2.4 · exposure with tools
• Mentor others on mathematical techniques. · 15-2021.00

Occupations that perform this

• Medical Dosimetrists
• Astronomers
• Survey Researchers
• Biological Technicians
• Chemical Technicians
• Compliance Managers
• Forensic Science Technicians
• Chemists
• Atmospheric and Space Scientists
• Geneticists
• Physicists
• Computer and Information Research Scientists
• Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
• Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
• 15-2021.00

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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