AI exposure: Legislators
Develop, introduce, or enact laws and statutes at the local, tribal, state, or federal level. Includes only workers in elected positions.
Reading this score
computed35.2% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Legislators at the 61th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.3 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 30 tasks it averages 2.08 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Seek federal funding for local projects and programs, at 73.3%. The least is Vote on motions, amendments, and decisions on whether or not to report a bill out from..., at 0.0%. A gap of 73.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within management occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 41.4% across the group's 56 roles, with 48 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 30 tasks, 18 are currently banded exposed, 4 assisted and 8 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
30 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seek federal funding for local projects and programs. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | – | exposed |
| Conduct "head counts" to help predict the outcome of upcoming votes. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | – | exposed |
| Develop expertise in subject matters related to committee assignments. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Keep abreast of the issues affecting constituents by making personal visits and phone calls, reading local newspapers, and viewing or listening to local broadcasts. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Maintain knowledge of relevant national and international current events. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Determine campaign strategies for media advertising, positions on issues, and public appearances. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Promote the industries and products of their electoral districts. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Read and review concerns of constituents or the general public and determine if governmental action is necessary. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Write, prepare, and deliver statements for the Congressional Record. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Alert constituents of government actions and programs by way of newsletters, personal appearances at town meetings, phone calls, and individual meetings. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Negotiate with colleagues or members of other political parties in order to reconcile differing interests, and to create policies and agreements. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Review bills in committee, and make recommendations about their future. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Evaluate the structure, efficiency, activities, and performance of government agencies. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Organize and maintain campaign organizations and fundraisers, in order to raise money for election or re-election. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | – | exposed |
| Make decisions that balance the perspectives of private citizens, public officials, and party leaders. | 37.5% | 25.0% | 37.5% | – | exposed |
| Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures. | 30.0% | 45.0% | 25.0% | – | assisted |
| Oversee expense allowances, ensuring that accounts are balanced at the end of each fiscal year. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | – | exposed |
| Appoint nominees to leadership posts, or approve such appointments. | 16.7% | 33.3% | 50.0% | – | assisted |
| Encourage and support party candidates for political office. | 16.7% | 33.3% | 50.0% | – | assisted |
| Speak to students to encourage and support the development of future political leaders. | 16.7% | 33.3% | 50.0% | – | assisted |
| Hear testimony from constituents, representatives of interest groups, board and commission members, and others with an interest in bills or issues under consideration. | 16.2% | 21.2% | 62.5% | – | untouched |
| Establish personal offices in local districts or states, and manage office staff. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | – | untouched |
| Attend receptions, dinners, and conferences to meet people, exchange views and information, and develop working relationships. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | – | untouched |
| Represent their parties in negotiations with political executives or members of other parties, and when speaking with the media. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | – | untouched |
| Serve on commissions, investigative panels, study groups, and committees in order to examine specialized areas and recommend action. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | – | untouched |
| Represent their government at local, national, and international meetings and conferences. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | – | untouched |
| Debate the merits of proposals and bill amendments during floor sessions, following the appropriate rules of procedure. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | – | untouched |
| Vote on motions, amendments, and decisions on whether or not to report a bill out from committee to the assembly floor. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | – | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean. 30 task(s) lacked a usable O*NET weight and are shown but excluded from the weighting.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.33 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.45 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.57 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.21 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.08 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.58 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.