Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware.

Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 7 occupations and seen in 9 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Advise others on the design or use of technologies. in Providing Consultation and Advice to 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 9 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 8 (89%) 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 5 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.038% 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.

• Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance. · Database Architects · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration. · Health Informatics Specialists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Prepare evaluations of software or hardware, and recommend improvements or upgrades. · Computer User Support Specialists · importance 3.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Evaluate or recommend server hardware or software. · Web Developers · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Evaluate or recommend server hardware or software. · Web Administrators · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Recommend new equipment or software packages. · Computer Systems Analysts · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Identify, evaluate and recommend hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance. · Database Administrators · importance 3.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Recommend cyber defense software or hardware to support responses to cyber incidents. · Digital Forensics Analysts · exposure with tools
• Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, or humidity in area of system installation. · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Database Architects
• Health Informatics Specialists
• Computer User Support Specialists
• Web Developers
• Web Administrators
• Database Administrators
• Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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  = {Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware.},
  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},
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