The OECD's 2026 working paper maps AI capability indicators to occupational requirements in cognitive, social and physical domains. Its results suggest that current systems are closer to routine information-processing and codifiable work than to contextual judgment, interpersonal understanding and high-responsibility decisions.
This does not mean such roles are immune to change. Software and robotics can affect different parts of work, and real adoption depends on regulation, cost and organizational choices.
RoleOak takeaway: identify which parts of your own occupation require judgment, relationships or responsibility, then see how AI could support rather than replace them.