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Will AI replace Amusement and Recreation Attendants?
Baseline AI displacement risk for Amusement and Recreation Attendants, aggregated from 6 research sources.
What this score means
Amusement and Recreation Attendants leans toward the safer end for Personal Services. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands on work or judgment that resists automation. At 33 out of 100 it scores 9 points above the Personal Services average of 24. Across the 6 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 11 to 54, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.
The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works
What this job actually involves
Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Amusement and Recreation Attendants, most central first, showing 12 of 17.
- 01Sell tickets and collect fees from customers.
- 02Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations.
- 03Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures.
- 04Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions.
- 05Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, or arrange for the removal of unruly patrons.
- 06Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities.
- 07Maintain inventories of equipment, storing and retrieving items and assembling and disassembling equipment as necessary.
- 08Provide assistance to patrons entering or exiting amusement rides, boats, or ski lifts, or mounting or dismounting animals.
- 09Clean sporting equipment, vehicles, rides, booths, facilities, or grounds.
- 10Inspect equipment to detect wear and damage and perform minor repairs, adjustments, or maintenance tasks, such as oiling parts.
- 11Verify, collect, or punch tickets before admitting patrons to venues, such as amusement parks and rides.
- 12Fasten safety devices for patrons, or provide them with directions for fastening devices.
Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.
The research behind this score
This baseline aggregates 6 research sources that scored Amusement and Recreation Attendants for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
- 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
- 02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
- 03Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025International Labour Organization, Working Paper 140 (2025)
- 04Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
- 05GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
- 06AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)
Common questions
- How likely is AI to replace Amusement and Recreation Attendants?
- Published research puts Amusement and Recreation Attendants at 33 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
- Do researchers agree on the risk for Amusement and Recreation Attendants?
- Only partly. Individual estimates for Amusement and Recreation Attendants run from 11 to 54 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
- Which personal services roles face similar AI exposure?
- The closest published personal services roles to Amusement and Recreation Attendants by score are Baggage Porters and Bellhops (34/100), First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services (34/100), and Travel Guides (34/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.
Also covers
Activities Attendant · Alley Worker · Amusement Attendant · Amusement Card Checker · Amusement Park Worker · Animal Ride Attendant · Arcade Attendant · Artificial Snow Making Machine Operator and related titles
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More personal services occupations
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers37/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers37/100
- Gambling Dealers36/100
- Baggage Porters and Bellhops34/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services34/100
- Travel Guides34/100
- Residential Advisors30/100
- Tour Guides and Escorts30/100
Informational guidance based on published research, not professional career or financial advice. Scores update as new research is ingested.