Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

“Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.” is a core task performed by Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#11 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.

• Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise. in Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

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.

• 0.11% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• Most common interaction: learning
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.7 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 94% 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

• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. · importance 4.7
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, or handouts. · importance 4.5
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. · importance 4.4
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media. · importance 4.3
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as family behavior, child and adolescent mental health, or social intervention evaluation. · importance 4.2
• Supervise students' laboratory and field work. · importance 4.2
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers. · importance 4.2
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. · importance 4.2
• Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head. · importance 4.2
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. · importance 4.2
• Collaborate with colleagues and community agencies to address teaching and research issues. · importance 4.0
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. · importance 4.0
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. · importance 3.9
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 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  = {Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.},
  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-6241}
}