Designing research experiments
Designing protocols and studies that answer a question validly.
Task automation exposure
Low exposure
Exposure basis
[v4/median] score 35 (raw 35 | A 35 / B 25 / C 35 | modality: other) AI can draft plausible study designs and suggest methods, but lacks the deep domain insight and critical judgment needed for fully professional, valid protocols. (capable: Large language model (e.g., GPT-4) with scientific literature retrieval)
2 capabilities · 1 occupations
Basis
How exposure was assessed
[v4/median] score 35 (raw 35 | A 35 / B 25 / C 35 | modality: other) AI can draft plausible study designs and suggest methods, but lacks the deep domain insight and critical judgment needed for fully professional, valid protocols. (capable: Large language model (e.g., GPT-4) with scientific literature retrieval)
How much of this task's output current AI can produce or substantially assist.
Best current model strength on any capability this task requires.
This is an assessment of technical feasibility plus published evidence - not a forecast. Even fully automatable tasks are often not automated, because of cost, verification, liability, regulation or the fact that the task is bundled with other work.
Capabilities
AI capabilities involved
15 models tracked · strongest: GPT-5
15 models tracked · strongest: GPT-5
Occupations
Occupations that perform this task (1)
Importance is the O*NET-style weight of this task within each occupation. The same task can be highly exposed but peripheral to one job and core to another.
| Occupation | Industry | Importance | Role | Occupation AI exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientists | Science & research | 5/5 | core | 49 |
Evidence
Evidence (0)
No evidence item is mapped to this specific task yet. The exposure figure above rests on the v1 editorial baseline and on the capability assessment, and should be treated as low-confidence. Pages with fewer than 0 evidence items are excluded from sitemaps.