{
  "title": "Does AI replace jobs or tasks?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/l-ia-remplace-t-elle-des-emplois-ou-des-taches-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Labour economics has long separated occupations and tasks — a distinction that changes how to prepare a team for AI.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "AI on the Job",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The task approach",
      "point": "David Autor (2015, Journal of Economic Perspectives) recalls that automation substitutes some tasks and complements others; demand shifts to what remains hard to codify.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Measuring exposure",
      "point": "Tyna Eloundou, Sam Manning, Pamela Mishkin and Daniel Rock (2024, Science) estimate occupational exposure to large language models task by task."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The nuance",
      "point": "Exposure means neither replacement nor help: the effect depends on work organisation and company choices."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limit of common practice",
      "point": "Generic 'AI training' without analysing actual job tasks leaves everyone guessing where the tool applies.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Zurich",
      "point": "List each employee's ten most frequent tasks and mark those where AI was tried."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Autor",
      "year": "2015",
      "source": "Journal of Economic Perspectives"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Rock",
      "year": "2024",
      "source": "Science"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 156,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-08-23-en.jpg?v=4",
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/ia-on-the-job/zurich",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/zurich",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}