Discuss designs or plans with clients.

Discuss designs or plans with clients. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 8 occupations and seen in 10 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications. 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 10 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 4 (40%) 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 0.006% 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.

• Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects. · Landscape Architects · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination. · Interior Designers · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Consult with clients to determine functional or spatial requirements of structures. · Architects, Except Landscape and Naval · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Meet with clients to review or discuss architectural drawings. · Architects, Except Landscape and Naval · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Meet with clients, such as district or regional councils, farmers, and developers, to discuss their needs. · Agricultural Engineers · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Confer with clients, vendors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, product and production specifications, manufacturing capabilities, or project status. · Industrial Engineers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Confer with engineers, customers, or others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects or products. · Electrical Engineers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Confer with engineers, customers, vendors, or others to discuss existing or potential electronics engineering projects or products. · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Confer with customer representatives to review schematics and answer questions pertaining to installation of systems. · Mechanical Drafters · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Discuss plans with clients, contractors, consultants, and other engineers so that they can be evaluated and necessary changes made. · Agricultural Engineers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Landscape Architects
• Interior Designers
• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
• Agricultural Engineers
• Industrial Engineers
• Electrical Engineers
• Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
• Mechanical Drafters

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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  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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