Edit documents.

Edit documents. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 10 occupations and seen in 10 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Edit written materials or documents. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems .

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, 10 (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 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.201% 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.

• Edit manuscripts for professional journals. · Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Update sewer maps and manhole charts. · Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports. · Management Analysts · importance 3.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Select and edit documents for publication and display, applying knowledge of subject, literary expression, and presentation techniques. · Archivists · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Design and edit promotional publications, such as brochures. · Fundraising Managers · importance 3.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Review manuscripts for professional journals. · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 2.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Edit historical society publications. · Historians · importance 2.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Review manuscripts for publication in professional journals. · English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 2.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Design and edit promotional publications, such as brochures. · Public Relations Managers · exposure with tools
• Edit instructional materials, such as books, simulation exercises, lesson plans, instructor guides, and tests. · Instructional Coordinators · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
• Management Analysts
• Archivists
• Fundraising Managers
• Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
• Historians
• English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
• Public Relations Managers
• Instructional Coordinators

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.

@misc{singulariki-edit-documents,
  title  = {Edit documents.},
  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/edit-documents}
}