Will AI replace Writers and Authors?
The Stanford WORKBank study rates tasks, not whole jobs, so it cannot say whether any one job disappears. What it shows: AI experts rate 4 of the 5 studied Writers and Authors tasks as do-able by AI today, and 2 of those are tasks workers also want automated. Only 5 tasks were studied for this role, so treat the share as a rough signal.
of tasks in the Writers and Authors role are ones AI can already do, per AI experts.
From a Stanford study where AI experts and writers and authors workers rated each real task (O*NET). Not a guess from the job title.
Key statistics
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- AI can already do 80% of the 5 work tasks in the Writers and Authors role, according to AI experts in the Stanford WORKBank study (O*NET SOC 27-3043.00).
- Workers in the Writers and Authors role rate 40% of their tasks 3 or higher out of 5 for wanting them automated (Stanford WORKBank, 1,500 U.S. workers).
- 2 of 5 Writers and Authors tasks are Automation Green Light, wanted by workers and do-able by AI, that is 40% of the role (Stanford WORKBank).
- The typical Writers and Authors task scores 2.76/5 for worker desire to automate and 3.9/5 for AI capability today (Stanford WORKBank, 1-5 scale).
- The Writers and Authors role (O*NET SOC 27-3043.00) has a median U.S. wage of $85,780 and about 47,800 people employed (U.S. O*NET / BLS).
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What workers told Stanford
Of the 5 tasks studied for Writers and Authors, 2 (40%) are in the Automation Green Light zone, AI can largely do them and workers want it. Across all tasks, workers rate 40% of their tasks 3 or higher out of 5 for wanting them automated. The typical task scores 2.76/5 for worker desire and 3.9/5 for AI capability.
All 5 tasks, most-wanted first
Conduct research and interviews to determine which of a product's selling features should be promoted.
Green Lightwant 3.67 · AI 3.5Review advertising trends, consumer surveys, and other data regarding marketing of goods and services to determine the best way to promote products.
Green Lightwant 3 · AI 4Vary language and tone of messages based on product and medium.
Red Lightwant 2.6 · AI 4.5Present drafts and ideas to clients.
Low Prioritywant 2.38 · AI 3Write articles, bulletins, sales letters, speeches, and other related informative, marketing and promotional material.
Red Lightwant 2.13 · AI 4.5
Related occupations
Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media roles in the Stanford WORKBank study, closest AI-capability share first.
- PhotographersAI can do 86% of tasks today · workers want 43% automated
- Graphic DesignersAI can do 36% of tasks today · workers want 0% automated
- News Analysts, Reporters, and JournalistsAI can do 30% of tasks today · workers want 10% automated
- Technical WritersAI can do 25% of tasks today · workers want 25% automated
- EditorsAI can do 18% of tasks today · workers want 0% automated
- Producers and DirectorsAI can do 9% of tasks today · workers want 36% automated
Lower-automation alternatives
Less of these jobs is automatable today: AI experts rate a smaller share of their tasks as doable than the 80% for Writers and Authors (Stanford WORKBank).
Writers and Authors ranks #26 of 104 studied roles by the share of tasks AI experts rate as do-able today. See which roles top and bottom the list in the most automatable jobs in 2026.