Will AI replace Bailiffs?
Estimated risk score: 24 out of 100
Very low replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (5 to 43).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 15 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 33-3011.00 · Protective Service
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 2 of its 15 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain court docket.
- Provide assistance to the public, such as directions to court offices.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 13 of its 15 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Announce entrance of judge.
- Arrest persons in court when arrest warrants have been issued.
- Escort prisoners to and from courthouse and maintain custody of prisoners during court proceedings.
- Guard lodging of sequestered jury.
- Maintain order in courtroom during trial and guard jury from outside contact.
- Provide security by patrolling interior and exterior of courthouse and escorting judges and other court employees.
What the job is
Maintain order in courts of law.
Also called: Court Bailiff, Court Officer, Court Security Officer, City Bailiff, Court Deputy, Armed Bailiff, Bailiff Deputy, County Bailiff.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate