{"source":"Careermash (whatcareer.net)","measurement":"Measured August 2026","licence":"CC BY 4.0","cite_as":"Careermash, Measured August 2026, https://www.whatcareer.net/en/yellow/career/freelance-photographer/ai","career":{"slug":"freelance-photographer","title":"Freelance Photographer","subject":"Creative Arts and Design","ai_exposure_pct_today":30,"ai_exposure_definition":"Share of the job's day-to-day tasks AI is already used for, from observed real-world usage by occupation (Anthropic labour market research, 2026). A measurement of now, not a prediction.","horizons":[{"horizon":"Now","ai_exposure_pct":30,"door_grade":"B - achievable"},{"horizon":"5 yrs","ai_exposure_pct":48,"door_grade":"C - hard"},{"horizon":"10 yrs","ai_exposure_pct":62,"door_grade":"D - very hard"},{"horizon":"20 yrs","ai_exposure_pct":75,"door_grade":"D - very hard"}],"door_grade_now":"B - achievable","door_grade_20yr":"D - very hard","door_source":"OpenAI, \"The AI Jobs Transition Framework\" (Richmond 2026), CC BY 4.0","moat_classified":false,"moat":null,"moat_label":"MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIED","moat_line":"A real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.","starting_pay":null},"verdict_sentence":"AI is already used for 30% of the measured tasks of a Freelance Photographer, heading for 75% within 20 years. The door in is grade B today, grade D in 20 years. Its moat is not yet classified, so we make no claim about what structurally protects it.","rank":{"careers_scored":1840,"less_exposed":1190,"same_score":212,"more_exposed":437},"neighbours":{"less_exposed":[{"slug":"acoustic-engineers","title":"Acoustic engineers","exposure":28},{"slug":"aeronautical-engineers-professional","title":"Aeronautical engineers (professional)","exposure":28},{"slug":"aerospace-engineer","title":"Aerospace Engineer","exposure":28}],"more_exposed":[{"slug":"activities-coordinators-excludes-education","title":"Activities coordinators","exposure":35},{"slug":"adult-social-workers","title":"Adult social workers","exposure":35},{"slug":"advertising-and-marketing-directors","title":"Advertising and marketing directors","exposure":35}]},"ledger":[{"date":"2026-08-29","note":"Moat lines rewritten to assert only what the engine classification means (hands-on / protected by law / people want a real person / no special protection). No scores changed."},{"date":"2026-08-19","note":"Correction: careers without a moat record stopped showing a confident \"NO MOAT\" claim and now show \"moat not yet classified\". Exposure scores were and remain real for every career."},{"date":"2026-08-16","note":"First public measurement: AI exposure per occupation from Anthropic 2026 observed-usage research; door grades and 20-year horizons from OpenAI \"The AI Jobs Transition Framework\" (Richmond 2026, CC BY 4.0)."}]}