Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals.

“Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals.” is a core task performed by Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 27th by importance (#4 most important). About 96% 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.

• Research technology designs or applications. in Getting Information

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: T1.

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.

• 0.005% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 27% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: learning
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.4 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 92% 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

• Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment. · importance 4.3
• Prepare technical reports, data summary documents, or research articles for scientific publication, regulatory submissions, or patent applications. · importance 4.3
• Design or develop medical diagnostic or clinical instrumentation, equipment, or procedures, using the principles of engineering and biobehavioral sciences. · importance 4.2
• Adapt or design computer hardware or software for medical science uses. · importance 4.1
• Develop statistical models or simulations, using statistical or modeling software. · importance 3.9
• Maintain databases of experiment characteristics or results. · importance 3.9
• Read current scientific or trade literature to stay abreast of scientific, industrial, or technological advances. · importance 3.9
• Manage teams of engineers by creating schedules, tracking inventory, creating or using budgets, or overseeing contract obligations or deadlines. · importance 3.9
• Develop models or computer simulations of human biobehavioral systems to obtain data for measuring or controlling life processes. · importance 3.9
• Design or conduct follow-up experimentation, based on generated data, to meet established process objectives. · importance 3.7
• Write documents describing protocols, policies, standards for use, maintenance, and repair of medical equipment. · importance 3.6
• Communicate with bioregulatory authorities regarding licensing or compliance responsibilities. · importance 3.6
• Develop methodologies for transferring procedures or biological processes from laboratories to commercial-scale manufacturing production. · importance 3.5
• Collaborate with manufacturing or quality assurance staff to prepare product specification or safety sheets, standard operating procedures, user manuals, or qualification and validation reports. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 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  = {Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals.},
  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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