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Will AI replace Ophthalmic Medical Technicians?

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Baseline AI displacement risk for Ophthalmic Medical Technicians, aggregated from 4 research sources.

What this score means

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians is among the least exposed roles in Healthcare. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 23 out of 100 it scores 3 points below the Healthcare average of 26. Across the 4 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 11 to 31, 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 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians, most central first, showing 12 of 20.

01Take and document patients' medical histories.
02Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
03Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
04Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
05Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
06Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
07Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
08Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
09Assist physicians in performing ophthalmic procedures, including surgery.
10Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.
11Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
12Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.

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 4 research sources that scored Ophthalmic Medical Technicians for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
02Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025
03GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
04AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

Also covers

Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technician (Certified Ophthalmic Medical Tech) · Certified Ophthalmic Surgical Assistant · Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT) · Certified Ophthalmic Technician-Surgical Assistant (COT-SA) · Certified Retinal Angiographer · Eyecare Advisor · Health Technician (Health Tech) · Medical Technician (Medical Tech) and related titles

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