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Will AI replace Computer and Information Systems Managers?
Baseline AI displacement risk for Computer and Information Systems Managers, aggregated from 7 research sources.
What this score means
Computer and Information Systems Managers sits in the middle of the exposure range for Management. Routine parts of the job are starting to automate, but much of it still depends on judgment, relationships, and context that today's models handle poorly. At 43 out of 100 it scores 6 points above the Management average of 37. Across the 7 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 22 to 56, 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 Computer and Information Systems Managers, most central first, showing 12 of 17.
- 01Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
- 02Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
- 03Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
- 04Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.
- 05Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
- 06Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.
- 07Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
- 08Stay abreast of advances in technology.
- 09Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.
- 10Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
- 11Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.
- 12Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.
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 7 research sources that scored Computer and Information Systems Managers 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
- 03WORKBank: Expert-Rated Automation Capacity of Occupational Tasks · 2026Shao, Zope, Jiang, Pei, Nguyen, Brynjolfsson, Yang, Stanford (2026)
- 04Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025International Labour Organization, Working Paper 140 (2025)
- 05Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
- 06GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
- 07AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)
Common questions
- How likely is AI to replace Computer and Information Systems Managers?
- Published research puts Computer and Information Systems Managers at 43 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the transitioning band. The number is a weighted consensus of 7 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
- Do researchers agree on the risk for Computer and Information Systems Managers?
- Only partly. Individual estimates for Computer and Information Systems Managers run from 22 to 56 out of 100 across the 7 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
- Which management roles face similar AI exposure?
- The closest published management roles to Computer and Information Systems Managers by score are Supply Chain Managers (43/100), Investment Fund Managers (44/100), and Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (44/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.
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Informational guidance based on published research, not professional career or financial advice. Scores update as new research is ingested.