AI exposure: Nannies
Care for children in private households and provide support and expertise to parents in satisfying children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs. Duties may include meal planning and preparation, laundry and clothing care, organization of play activities and outings, discipline, intellectual stimulation, language activities, and transportation.
Reading this score
computedAt 15.6% of weighted task load, Nannies sits at the 25th percentile, below the point where a job's centre of gravity has moved. 69.1% of what this role does is untouched, meaning current systems cannot produce that work at all, whatever the commercial incentive.
What holds the line here is presence. Across this occupation's 19 tasks it averages 2.11 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, a person has to be the one present. This is the friction software does not erode. Where the point of the act is that a human is there, to care or to witness or to take responsibility in the room, automating the output misses what was being paid for.
The most exposed thing this job does is Keep records of play, meal schedules, and bill payment, at 73.3%. The least is Transport children to schools, social outings, and medical appointments, 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 personal care and service occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 24.4% across the group's 31 roles, with 27 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 19 tasks, 4 are currently banded exposed, 1 assisted and 14 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take robotics cheap and reliable enough to deploy at scale, not a better language model. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
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 | 1.27 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 1.80 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 2.11 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.18 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.77 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.54 | 0-3 |
Task by task
19 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keep records of play, meal schedules, and bill payment. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.80 | exposed |
| Regulate children's rest periods and nap schedules. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.83 | exposed |
| Help develop or monitor family schedule. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.54 | exposed |
| Instruct and assist children in the development of health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet behavior. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 4.84 | exposed |
| Organize and conduct age-appropriate recreational activities, such as games, arts and crafts, sports, walks, and play dates. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.56 | assisted |
| Shop for groceries, clothing, and other items needed for children's care. | 16.2% | 21.2% | 62.5% | 2.87 | untouched |
| Instruct children in safe behavior, such as seeking adult assistance when crossing the street and avoiding contact with unsafe objects. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.92 | untouched |
| Remove hazards and develop appropriate boundaries and rules to create a safe environment for children. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.88 | untouched |
| Teach and perform age-appropriate activities, such as lap play, reading, and arts and crafts, to encourage intellectual development of children. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.76 | untouched |
| Model appropriate social behaviors and encourage concern for others to cultivate development of interpersonal relationships and communication skills. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.68 | untouched |
| Assign appropriate chores and praise targeted behaviors to encourage development of self-control, self-confidence, and responsibility. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.52 | untouched |
| Supervise and assist with homework. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.09 | untouched |
| Work with parents to develop and implement discipline programs to promote desirable child behavior. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | 4.48 | untouched |
| Meet regularly with parents to discuss children's activities and development. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | 4.12 | untouched |
| Observe children's behavior for irregularities, take temperature, transport children to doctor, or administer medications, as directed, to maintain children's health. | 3.3% | 13.3% | 83.3% | 4.52 | untouched |
| Perform first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.88 | untouched |
| Help prepare and serve nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for children. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.72 | untouched |
| Perform housekeeping and cleaning duties related to children's care. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.12 | untouched |
| Transport children to schools, social outings, and medical appointments. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.08 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
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.
What this means in practice
Most of this work is not reachable by current systems, so the immediate pressure is on the administrative edges of the role rather than its core: the scheduling, the reporting, the written records. That is where time is recovered.