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Will AI replace Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers?

Estimated risk score: 4 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 23).

For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 13 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.

O*NET-SOC 51-3022.00 · Production

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: 0 of its 13 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.

None of its rated tasks.

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 13 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.

  1. Cut and trim meat to prepare for packing.
  2. Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.
  3. Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.
  4. Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.
  5. Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.
  6. Clean and salt hides.

What the job is

Use hands or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.

Also called: Wing Scorer, Boner, Fatter, Gutter, Rumper, Shucker, Tonguer, Filleter.

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