Will AI replace Cooks, Short Order?
Estimated risk score: 8 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 (0 to 27).
Low confidence: only 11 of its tasks are rated.
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 11 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 35-2015.00 · Food Preparation and Serving Related
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: 1 of its 11 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Accept payments, and make change or write charge slips as necessary.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 10 of its 11 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.
- Complete orders from steam tables, placing food on plates and serving customers at tables or counters.
- Grill and garnish hamburgers or other meats, such as steaks and chops.
- Grill, cook, and fry foods such as french fries, eggs, and pancakes.
- Order supplies and stock them on shelves.
- Perform food preparation tasks, such as making sandwiches, carving meats, making soups or salads, baking breads or desserts, and brewing coffee or tea.
What the job is
Prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables.
Also called: Short Order Cook, B&B Cook, Deli Cook, Food Clerk, Griddle Cook, Grill Person, Hash Slinger, Barbecue Cook.
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