What this means in practice
Automation pressure is exposure filtered through practicality. A task only moves to software when the workflow around it is standardized, the quality bar is checkable, and an employer actually deploys the tool. All three conditions slow real-world substitution relative to raw capability.
Cashiers sit near the top of this measure because scanning and payment are standardized and self-checkout is already deployed at scale. By contrast, an Electrician's exposed tasks — reading plans, documenting work — stay pressure-low because the physical core of the job cannot be routed through software.