All occupations › ProductionCan AI Replace Potters, Manufacturing in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 13% of today's potters, manufacturing tasks by 2036, and there is a 15% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.
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Timeline Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
10% 2030 · 15% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
~1 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 3% 2027: 3% 2028: 4% 2029: 5% 2030: 6% 2031: 8% 2032: 10% 2033: 11% 2034: 12% 2035: 13% 2036: 13% 6% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 99 2028: 99 2029: 98 2030: 97 2031: 97 2032: 96 2033: 95 2034: 95 2035: 94 2036: 94 97 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Operate gas or electric kilns to fire pottery pieces. 2 Mix and apply glazes to pottery pieces, using tools, such as spray guns. 3 Raise and shape clay into wares, such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs. 4 Prepare work for sale or exhibition, and maintain relationships with retail, pottery, art, and resource networks that can facilitate sale or exhibition of work. 5 Design spaces to display pottery for sale. 6 Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge. 7 Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms. Similar occupations Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers · Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Based on 24 O*NET tasks for "Potters, Manufacturing" (SOC 51-9195.05). LLM alone: 0% of tasks; with AI tools: 17%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
