Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work.

Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 14 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise. in Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge .

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 12 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 11 (92%) 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 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.012% 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.

• Research architectural and stylistic elements appropriate to the time period to be depicted, consulting experts for information, as necessary. · Set and Exhibit Designers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy. · Interpreters and Translators · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail, using sources such as newspaper accounts, diaries, and interviews. · Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources. · Producers and Directors · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Research particular roles to find out more about a character, or the time and place in which a piece is set. · Musicians and Singers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Research and explore the use of new materials, technologies, and products to incorporate into designs. · Interior Designers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Research the styles and periods of clothing needed for film or theatrical productions. · Fashion Designers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities. · Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Conduct research on fire retardants and the fire safety of materials and devices. · Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts. · Commercial and Industrial Designers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Conduct or direct mining experiments to test or prove research findings. · Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers · importance 2.9 · no direct exposure
• Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail, using sources such as newspaper accounts, diaries, and interviews. · Writers and Authors · exposure with tools
• Research health and safety code requirements to inform design. · 27-1025.00
• Research the target audience of projects. · 27-1024.00

Occupations that perform this

• Set and Exhibit Designers
• Interpreters and Translators
• Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
• Producers and Directors
• Musicians and Singers
• Interior Designers
• Fashion Designers
• Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
• Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers
• Commercial and Industrial Designers
• Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
• 27-1024.00
• 27-1025.00

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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  title  = {Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work.},
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  year   = {2026},
  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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