Will AI replace Legislators?

Some of your tasks will be automated. People who use AI will have the edge.

Task exposure to today's AI

44/100

Moderate exposure

This is the occupation's typical task mix. Your own score can be up to 30 points higher or lower depending on how you work: routine share, people contact, judgment and how much you already use AI.

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Will AI replace Legislators?

Not entirely. Today's AI tools can take on about 44% of the typical work in this occupation, mostly: read and review concerns of constituents or the general public and determine if governmental action is necessary. The parts that stay human include: Keep abreast of the issues affecting constituents by making personal visits and phone calls, reading local newspapers, and viewing or listening to local broadcasts.; Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation.; Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues..

People who learn to use AI for the automatable parts keep the edge. The 3-phase plan below shows where to start.

Which tasks AI can take on

The largest tasks in this occupation, their share of the working week, and how much of each today's AI tools can do.

TaskAutomatable

Read and review concerns of constituents or the general public and determine if governmental action is necessary. 68%

Prepare drafts of amendments, government policies, laws, rules, regulations, budgets, programs and procedures. 60%

Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues. 47%

Hear testimony from constituents, representatives of interest groups, board and commission members, and others with an interest in bills or issues under consideration. 45%

Keep abreast of the issues affecting constituents by making personal visits and phone calls, reading local newspapers, and viewing or listening to local broadcasts. 42%

Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation. 35%

+ 24 more tasks (63% of the week) in the full test.

Your human edge

Keep abreast of the issues affecting constituents by making personal visits and phone calls, reading local newspapers, and viewing or listening to local broadcasts.
Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation.
Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues.

AI tools to try

ChatGPT / Claude for drafts and analysisMicrosoft 365 Copilot or Google Gemini for WorkspaceMeeting assistants (e.g. Otter, Fireflies)

Related roles

A 3-phase AI learning plan

Phase 1

AI for the admin load

Meeting notes, summaries and follow-ups with AI.
First drafts of reports, plans and emails.
Spreadsheet analysis with AI (formulas, charts, explanations).

Project

Use AI to transcribe and summarise one week of committee hearings and constituent meetings into briefing notes plus follow-up emails, and log hours saved versus your usual process.

Phase 2

Decisions with better input

Use AI to research options and summarise sources, then check them.
Scenario and risk analysis with AI as a sparring partner.
Set team rules for what may and may not go into AI tools.

Project

Use AI to produce a 5-page impact and risk brief on one pending bill, including three policy scenarios and opposing arguments, then verify every source citation before voting.

Phase 3

Lead the change

Map which team tasks AI can take over or speed up.
Run a small pilot and measure time and quality.
Plan training and new roles for your team.

Project

Pilot AI-assisted triage and drafted replies for 200 constituent letters with one staffer for two weeks, measuring response time, accuracy and a written rule on data that stays out of AI tools.

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