Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.

“Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.” is a core task performed by Editors. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#5 most important). About 98% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Edit written materials or documents. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.74% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 90% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.2 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 99% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax. · importance 4.5
• Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources. · importance 4.5
• Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication. · importance 4.5
• Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal. · importance 4.4
• Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements. · importance 4.2
• Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors. · importance 4.1
• Write text, such as stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters. · importance 4.1
• Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters. · importance 4.1
• Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories. · importance 4.1
• Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements. · importance 4.1
• Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production. · importance 4.0
• Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value. · importance 3.9
• Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles. · importance 3.8
• Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Editors page.

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  = {Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.},
  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/tasks/task-1776}
}