10 jobs AI already does — and 5 it still can't

The first 10 entries cover functions where AI systems do substantial work inside real companies, hospitals, and newsrooms today.

Illustration: Quartz AI coding assistants now write a meaningful share of the code shipped by professional developers.

Illustration: Quartz AI software already reads medical images before the radiologist does, marking suspicious findings and reordering the worklist so urgent cases surface first.

Illustration: Quartz Law firms now run the first pass of document review through AI platforms.

Illustration: Quartz Corporate law requires a named human to own a strategic decision, which is why AI tools inform executive choices without making them.