Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.

“Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.” is a core task performed by Optometrists. Among the occupation's 10 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#1 most important). About 100% 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.

• Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan. · importance 5.0
• Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids. · importance 4.8
• Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit. · importance 4.8
• Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, and safety factors. · importance 4.7
• Remove foreign bodies from the eye. · importance 4.6
• Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care. · importance 4.6
• Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary. · importance 4.5
• Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision. · importance 4.4
• Provide vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Optometrists 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-337,
  title  = {Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-337}
}