TaskNet: Building Occupational Task Inventories from Worker Interviews at Scale

English summary

Wang, Haupt, Robinson, Lewis, Brynjolfsson, Yang (with Mercor); 132 workers, 6 occupations, 2,726 reports -> 202 task statements; covers 75% of 118 O*NET tasks, adds 79 new; holdout coverage 89.3% vs O*NET 78.6%; shifts AI exposure both ways (up for software developers, lawyers).