# Will AI take Zoologist's job?

AI is already used for 18% of the measured tasks of a Zoologist, heading for 63% within 20 years. The door in is grade B today, grade D in 20 years. Moat: none - No physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.

*Measured August 2026. AI exposure = the share of this job's day-to-day tasks AI is already used for, from observed real-world usage by occupation (Anthropic labour market research, 2026). It is a measurement of now, not a prediction that the job disappears.*

## The card

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| AI exposure today | 18% of measured tasks |
| Exposure at Now | 18% (door: B - achievable) |
| Exposure at 5 yrs | 33% (door: B - achievable) |
| Exposure at 10 yrs | 48% (door: C - hard) |
| Exposure at 20 yrs | 63% (door: D - very hard) |
| Door grade now | B - achievable |
| Door grade in 20 years | D - very hard |
| Moat | NO MOAT - No physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software. |
| Starting pay | £22,000 - £27,000 |

## Where it sits

Of 1840 scored careers: 704 are less exposed, 1054 more exposed, 81 score the same.

Nearest less exposed: Admissions officers (15), Adult Education Instructor (15), Agricultural Educator (15).
Nearest more exposed: Actor (19), Actors (19), Aerial installers (19).

## Sources

- AI exposure: Anthropic labour market research (2026), observed real-world AI usage by occupation.
- Door grades and horizons: OpenAI, "The AI Jobs Transition Framework" (Richmond 2026), CC BY 4.0.
- Moat classification: Careermash register; where absent, no claim is made.

## Ledger

- 2026-08-29: Moat lines rewritten to assert only what the engine classification means (hands-on / protected by law / people want a real person / no special protection). No scores changed.
- 2026-08-19: Correction: careers without a moat record stopped showing a confident "NO MOAT" claim and now show "moat not yet classified". Exposure scores were and remain real for every career.
- 2026-08-16: First public measurement: AI exposure per occupation from Anthropic 2026 observed-usage research; door grades and 20-year horizons from OpenAI "The AI Jobs Transition Framework" (Richmond 2026, CC BY 4.0).

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