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Evidence-backed analysis across 18 specific tasks. Capability claims sourced from peer-reviewed research, independent benchmarks, and industry data. Adoption rates tracked by industry and company size.
AI Exposure
Defensibility
Avg Capability
18/18 tasks with evidence
Avg Deployment
92 evidence sources
Market Context
AI tools like Figma AI, Galileo AI, and Midjourney have automated low-fidelity wireframing and UI generation as of late 2025, compressing junior-level production tasks. However, UX research synthesis, stakeholder alignment, and strategic information architecture remain firmly human-led. Nielsen Norman Group's 2025 UX survey found 78% of design leaders believe AI cannot replace empathy-driven research. Demand for senior UX roles grew 6% YoY through Q3 2025 per LinkedIn Workforce Report.
Source: Based on Nielsen Norman Group UX Careers Report 2025, LinkedIn Workforce Insights Q3 2025, Figma 2025 Design Industry Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics OOH for Web Developers and Digital Designers (updated Sep 2025).
Role Defensibility Profile
Higher = harder to automate
Task-Level Analysis — 18 Tasks
Design pixel-perfect screens in Figma or Sketch with correct typography, colour, spacing, and component usage following the design system.
Capability Evidence
Adobe reports that Firefly generated over 6.5 billion images in its first year, with Generative Fill and Expand reducing iterative editing time significantly. For tasks like High-Fidelity UI Design, A...
Highest Exposure Areas
Creative Strategy / Ideation
AI is now a capable first-draft strategist and ideation partner. The defensible part is synthesis of proprietary market context, stakeholder knowledge, and taste. That protection degrades when the context can be codified or when AI gains sufficient domain exposure.
Analysis / Reporting
Standard analysis and reporting is already being absorbed by AI at the enterprise level. McKinsey notes analysis tasks among the sharpest automation increases. The defensible remainder is interpretation requiring proprietary context — that window is closing.
Customer / Stakeholder Communication
AI agents are now handling routine customer communication autonomously. The protection in this task comes from novel relationship context and trust — which erodes when your client interactions become standardised or when AI gains sufficient context to replicate the pattern.
Strongest Defenses
Creative Strategy / Ideation
AI is now a capable first-draft strategist and ideation partner. The defensible part is synthesis of proprietary market context, stakeholder knowledge, and taste. That protection degrades when the context can be codified or when AI gains sufficient domain exposure.
Customer / Stakeholder Communication
AI agents are now handling routine customer communication autonomously. The protection in this task comes from novel relationship context and trust — which erodes when your client interactions become standardised or when AI gains sufficient context to replicate the pattern.
Hands-On Technical Execution
41% of code written in 2025 is AI-generated. The defensible technical work is system architecture, novel problem-solving, and integration of AI tools — not execution of known patterns. Standard technical execution is being absorbed at an accelerating rate.
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Cognizant and Oxford Economics analysed 18,000+ tasks across industries and found that Gen AI will impact 90% of jobs but fully displace very few. For tasks like High-Fidelity UI Design, the study est...
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Deployment by Industry
Create wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes to rapidly explore layout options, information hierarchy, and interaction patterns before visual design.
Capability Evidence
GitHub's updated impact study shows 46% of all code is now AI-generated among Copilot users, with 82% developer satisfaction. For tasks like Wireframing & Low-Fidelity Prototyping, AI coding assistant...
Adobe reports that Firefly generated over 6.5 billion images in its first year, with Generative Fill and Expand reducing iterative editing time significantly. For tasks like Wireframing & Low-Fidelity...
Cognizant and Oxford Economics analysed 18,000+ tasks across industries and found that Gen AI will impact 90% of jobs but fully displace very few. For tasks like Wireframing & Low-Fidelity Prototyping...
Deployment by Industry
Plan and conduct one-on-one user interviews to understand needs, pain points, mental models, and workflows that inform design decisions.
Capability Evidence
AI systems can adapt research workflows and toolsets to changing scientific tasks
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2025 documents AI systems achieving expert-level performance on graduate-level science questions and professional coding tasks. For tasks like User Research Interviews...
Anthropic's study of real-world Claude usage across millions of professional conversations found that tasks related to User Research Interviews represent a significant category of AI-augmented work. T...
Deployment by Industry
Design and facilitate usability tests — moderated and unmoderated — analyse task completion rates and error patterns, and synthesise findings into actionable recommendations.
Capability Evidence
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2025 documents AI systems achieving expert-level performance on graduate-level science questions and professional coding tasks. For tasks like Usability Testing & Anal...
GitHub's updated impact study shows 46% of all code is now AI-generated among Copilot users, with 82% developer satisfaction. For tasks like Usability Testing & Analysis, AI coding assistants demonstr...
OpenAI's o1 system card demonstrates significant advancement in complex reasoning tasks, achieving 83rd percentile on Codeforces and 93rd percentile on AMC math competitions. For analytical aspects of...
Deployment by Industry
Structure content hierarchies, define navigation systems, create sitemaps, and organise information to support findability and task completion.
Capability Evidence
AI systems can create content for film production
The Anthropic Economic Index analysis of real-world Claude usage patterns found that tasks related to Information Architecture & Navigation Design represent a meaningful share of professional LLM usag...
OpenAI's o1 system card demonstrates significant advancement in complex reasoning tasks, achieving 83rd percentile on Codeforces and 93rd percentile on AMC math competitions. For analytical aspects of...
Deployment by Industry
Define interaction patterns, transitions, animations, and micro-interactions that communicate system state and guide user behaviour.
Capability Evidence
Terminal agents can autonomously execute meaningful enterprise tasks through digital platform interaction
Adobe reports that Firefly generated over 6.5 billion images in its first year, with Generative Fill and Expand reducing iterative editing time significantly. For tasks like Interaction Design & Micro...
Cognizant and Oxford Economics analysed 18,000+ tasks across industries and found that Gen AI will impact 90% of jobs but fully displace very few. For tasks like Interaction Design & Micro-Interaction...
Deployment by Industry
Create, document, and maintain reusable UI components, patterns, and design tokens in a shared design system used across product teams.
Capability Evidence
The Claude system card reports near-expert performance on graduate-level reasoning (GPQA), professional coding (SWE-bench), and document analysis tasks. For Design System Maintenance, Claude demonstra...
Adobe reports that Firefly generated over 6.5 billion images in its first year, with Generative Fill and Expand reducing iterative editing time significantly. For tasks like Design System Maintenance,...
Google reports that Gemini integration in Workspace automates email responses, generates document drafts, and creates spreadsheet formulas from natural language. For tasks like Design System Maintenan...
Deployment by Industry
Participate in and lead design reviews, providing constructive feedback on other designers' work and iterating on designs based on team input.
Capability Evidence
GitHub's updated impact study shows 46% of all code is now AI-generated among Copilot users, with 82% developer satisfaction. For tasks like Design Critique & Peer Review, AI coding assistants demonst...
The WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025 projects that employers expect 83 million jobs displaced and 69 million created by 2030, with analytical thinking and creative thinking remaining the most valued hum...
Adobe reports that Firefly generated over 6.5 billion images in its first year, with Generative Fill and Expand reducing iterative editing time significantly. For tasks like Design Critique & Peer Rev...
Deployment by Industry
Synthesise research data into user personas and map end-to-end customer journeys identifying touchpoints, emotions, pain points, and opportunities.
Capability Evidence
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2025 documents AI systems achieving expert-level performance on graduate-level science questions and professional coding tasks. For tasks like Persona & Journey Mappin...
Anthropic's study of real-world Claude usage across millions of professional conversations found that tasks related to Persona & Journey Mapping represent a significant category of AI-augmented work. ...
Dell'Acqua et al. found that consultants using GPT-4 completed analytical tasks 25.1% faster with 40% higher quality for tasks inside the AI capability frontier. Persona & Journey Mapping contains ana...
Deployment by Industry
Evaluate designs against WCAG guidelines, conduct accessibility audits, and ensure all interfaces meet accessibility standards for users with disabilities.
Capability Evidence
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2025 documents AI systems achieving expert-level performance on graduate-level science questions and professional coding tasks. For tasks like Accessibility Compliance...
The IMF finds that approximately 40% of global employment is exposed to AI, with up to 60% in advanced economies. For knowledge work tasks like Accessibility Compliance & Audit, the study estimates 22...
Dell'Acqua et al. found that consultants using GPT-4 completed analytical tasks 25.1% faster with 40% higher quality for tasks inside the AI capability frontier. Accessibility Compliance & Audit conta...
Deployment by Industry
Present design concepts and rationale to product managers, engineers, and executives, articulating design decisions and trade-offs to gain alignment.
Capability Evidence
The Anthropic Economic Index analysis of real-world Claude usage patterns found that tasks related to Design Stakeholder Presentation represent a meaningful share of professional LLM usage. The study ...
GitHub's updated impact study shows 46% of all code is now AI-generated among Copilot users, with 82% developer satisfaction. For tasks like Design Stakeholder Presentation, AI coding assistants demon...
Google reports that Gemini integration in Workspace automates email responses, generates document drafts, and creates spreadsheet formulas from natural language. For tasks like Design Stakeholder Pres...
Deployment by Industry
Build clickable, interactive prototypes in Figma or Protopie that simulate real product flows for stakeholder review and user testing.
Capability Evidence
The Anthropic Economic Index analysis of real-world Claude usage patterns found that tasks related to Interactive Prototype Development represent a meaningful share of professional LLM usage. The stud...
GitHub's updated impact study shows 46% of all code is now AI-generated among Copilot users, with 82% developer satisfaction. For tasks like Interactive Prototype Development, AI coding assistants dem...
Adobe reports that Firefly generated over 6.5 billion images in its first year, with Generative Fill and Expand reducing iterative editing time significantly. For tasks like Interactive Prototype Deve...
Deployment by Industry
Prepare detailed design specs, redlines, and annotated screens for engineering implementation, and answer developer questions during build.
Capability Evidence
The Anthropic Economic Index analysis of real-world Claude usage patterns found that tasks related to Developer Handoff & Specification represent a meaningful share of professional LLM usage. The stud...
GitHub's updated impact study shows 46% of all code is now AI-generated among Copilot users, with 82% developer satisfaction. For tasks like Developer Handoff & Specification, AI coding assistants dem...
Google Research found that LLMs show strong performance on isolated code generation but struggle with large-scale codebase understanding and architectural decisions. For Developer Handoff & Specificat...
Deployment by Industry
Analyse product analytics — heatmaps, funnel drop-offs, session recordings — to identify usability issues and inform design priorities.
Capability Evidence
Tableau AI and Pulse enable natural language data querying and automated insight generation. For tasks like UX Analytics Interpretation, AI tools achieve approximately 53% quality on routine data expl...
Cognizant and Oxford Economics analysed 18,000+ tasks across industries and found that Gen AI will impact 90% of jobs but fully displace very few. For tasks like UX Analytics Interpretation, the study...
The IMF finds that approximately 40% of global employment is exposed to AI, with up to 60% in advanced economies. For knowledge work tasks like UX Analytics Interpretation, the study estimates 30% of ...
Deployment by Industry
Plan and facilitate design sprints bringing together cross-functional teams to rapidly ideate, prototype, and validate solutions to specific problems.
Capability Evidence
GitHub's updated impact study shows 46% of all code is now AI-generated among Copilot users, with 82% developer satisfaction. For tasks like Design Sprint Facilitation, AI coding assistants demonstrat...
The WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025 projects that employers expect 83 million jobs displaced and 69 million created by 2030, with analytical thinking and creative thinking remaining the most valued hum...
Adobe reports that Firefly generated over 6.5 billion images in its first year, with Generative Fill and Expand reducing iterative editing time significantly. For tasks like Design Sprint Facilitation...
Deployment by Industry
Evaluate competitor products' user experiences, identify design patterns and differentiators, and document findings to inform product strategy.
Capability Evidence
The Claude system card reports near-expert performance on graduate-level reasoning (GPQA), professional coding (SWE-bench), and document analysis tasks. For Competitive UX Analysis, Claude demonstrate...
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2025 documents AI systems achieving expert-level performance on graduate-level science questions and professional coding tasks. For tasks like Competitive UX Analysis,...
OpenAI's o1 system card demonstrates significant advancement in complex reasoning tasks, achieving 83rd percentile on Codeforces and 93rd percentile on AMC math competitions. For analytical aspects of...
Deployment by Industry
Design layouts that work across screen sizes and devices, making decisions about content priority and interaction patterns for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
Capability Evidence
Multi-agent AI framework can address inconsistencies in clinical predictions through adaptive panel discussions
The Anthropic Economic Index analysis of real-world Claude usage patterns found that tasks related to Responsive & Adaptive Design represent a meaningful share of professional LLM usage. The study ind...
MIT Sloan Management Review's annual survey of 3,000+ managers found that only 10% of organizations report significant financial value from AI deployment, despite widespread experimentation. For tasks...
Deployment by Industry
Write interface copy — button labels, error messages, onboarding text, tooltips — that guides users clearly and matches brand voice.
Capability Evidence
Anthropic's study of real-world Claude usage across millions of professional conversations found that tasks related to UX Writing & Microcopy represent a significant category of AI-augmented work. The...
The Anthropic Economic Index analysis of real-world Claude usage patterns found that tasks related to UX Writing & Microcopy represent a meaningful share of professional LLM usage. The study indicates...
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Deployment by Industry