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How exposed to AI is a Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finisher?

Of the 19 tasks O*NET lists for glass blowers, molders, benders, and finishers, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 15 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
GafferGlass BenderGlass BlowerGlass Lathe OperatorGlass Tube BenderGlassblowerNeon Glass BenderNeon Tube Bender
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
19
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of 21
38k
people do this job in the US
24 of 107
least protected in production

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Only with software built on top

4
  • Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced
  • Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products
  • Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment
  • Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing

Cannot be sped up

15
  • Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly
  • Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers
  • Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks
  • Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass
  • Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes
  • Operate electric kilns that heat and mold glass sheets to the shape and curve of metal jigs
  • Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed
  • Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork
  • Place electrodes in tube ends and heat them with glass burners to fuse them into place
  • Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products
  • Repair broken scrolls by replacing them with new sections of tubing
  • Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy
  • Cut lengths of tubing to specified sizes, using files or cutting wheels
  • Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes
  • Place rubber hoses on ends of tubing and charge tubing with gas
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET 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. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.