Provide advice to clients on a contract basis, working as a consultant.
Work task
“Provide advice to clients on a contract basis, working as a consultant.” is a core task performed by Actuaries. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 9th by importance (#7 most important). About 89% 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.
AI exposure
The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time 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 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.
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.
- 0.042% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
- 68% of that use is work-related
- Most common interaction: task iteration
- Average autonomy of the AI: 3.6 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
- 95% 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
| Interaction pattern | Share | % | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| task iteration | 39% | you and AI go back and forth on the work | |
| learning | 28% | you ask AI to explain or teach you | |
| directive | 18% | you give the instruction; AI produces a finished result | |
| validation | 8% | you do the work; AI checks it | |
| feedback loop | 4% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
Other tasks in this occupation
- Ascertain premium rates required and cash reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment of future benefits. · importance 4.5
- Collaborate with programmers, underwriters, accounts, claims experts, and senior management to help companies develop plans for new lines of business or improvements to existing business. · importance 4.5
- Analyze statistical information to estimate mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates. · importance 4.4
- Design, review, and help administer insurance, annuity and pension plans, determining financial soundness and calculating premiums. · importance 4.4
- Determine, or help determine, company policy, and explain complex technical matters to company executives, government officials, shareholders, policyholders, or the public. · importance 4.3
- Construct probability tables for events such as fires, natural disasters, and unemployment, based on analysis of statistical data and other pertinent information. · importance 4.2
- Negotiate terms and conditions of reinsurance with other companies. · importance 3.3
- Determine equitable basis for distributing surplus earnings under participating insurance and annuity contracts in mutual companies. · importance 3.3
- Provide expertise to help financial institutions manage risks and maximize returns associated with investment products or credit offerings. · importance 3.1
- Testify before public agencies on proposed legislation affecting businesses. · importance 3.0
- Determine policy contract provisions for each type of insurance. · importance 3.0
- Testify in court as expert witness or to provide legal evidence on matters such as the value of potential lifetime earnings of a person disabled or killed in an accident. · importance 2.7
- Explain changes in contract provisions to customers. · importance 2.4
- Manage credit and help price corporate security offerings. · importance 2.4
See all tasks on the Actuaries 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.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Provide advice to clients on a contract basis, working as a consultant.." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from 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. https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-3506
Singulariki. (2026). Provide advice to clients on a contract basis, working as a consultant.. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-3506
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