Demonstrate products to consumers.

Demonstrate products to consumers. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 8 occupations and seen in 12 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Promote products, services, or programs. in Selling or Influencing Others .

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, 1 (8%) 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 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% 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.

• Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products. · Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Demonstrate or explain products, methods, or services to persuade customers to purchase products or use services. · Demonstrators and Product Promoters · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Demonstrate use or operation of merchandise. · Retail Salespersons · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages. · Sales Engineers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Visit trade shows, stores, community organizations, or other venues to demonstrate products or services or to answer questions from potential customers. · Demonstrators and Product Promoters · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Demonstrate the operation or use of technical or scientific products. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Practice demonstrations to ensure that they will run smoothly. · Demonstrators and Product Promoters · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Contact regular and prospective customers to demonstrate products, explain product features, and solicit orders. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Conduct field demonstrations of new products, techniques, or services. · Farm and Home Management Educators · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Work as part of a team of demonstrators to accommodate large crowds. · Demonstrators and Product Promoters · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Demonstrate equipment to customers, and explain functioning of equipment. · Parts Salespersons · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Demonstrate use of solar and related equipment to customers or dealers. · Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
• Demonstrators and Product Promoters
• Retail Salespersons
• Sales Engineers
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
• Farm and Home Management Educators
• Parts Salespersons

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  = {Demonstrate products to consumers.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/demonstrate-products-to-consumers}
}