The Fossil Score assessment is free for a straightforward reason: the problem it addresses, workers going into a significant labour market disruption without clear information about their personal risk level, is not helped by putting the diagnostic behind a paywall. Four minutes of your time, no account creation, no payment, no email list. You get your score, your species classification, your task breakdown, and your recommendations.
The methodology behind the assessment draws on current research about which task characteristics make work most and least susceptible to AI automation. The five dimensions it measures, task automation exposure, skill portability, physical and relational work content, AI literacy, and adaptability signals, capture the factors that meaningfully differentiate workers in similar roles who face very different levels of actual risk.
What the research says
92M
jobs displaced by 2030
WEF Future of Jobs 2025
170M
new roles created by 2030
WEF Future of Jobs 2025
41%
of employers plan AI-driven headcount reductions
WEF 2025
55K
job cuts explicitly attributed to AI in 2024
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Yes, completely free. No credit card, no account creation, no email required. You answer the questions, receive your score, species classification, and personalised recommendations, and that is the end of it. The assessment is free because the goal is to help as many workers as possible understand their AI risk.
The assessment includes targeted questions about your actual daily tasks, a Fossil Score from 0 to 100, a species classification (Titanosaur through to Corvid or New Species), a breakdown of which parts of your work are most exposed versus most protected, and specific recommendations tailored to your score range.
Most paid career assessment tools focus on personality type, strengths, or general career direction. The Fossil Score assessment is specifically designed to evaluate AI displacement risk using a task-level methodology. It produces a specific output: your personal exposure to the current and near-term AI automation wave.
Approximately four minutes for most people. The questions are targeted and do not require extensive reflection to answer. You should know from your daily experience how routine your tasks are, how much your work requires physical presence, and how much of your role depends on personal relationships.
Read your recommendations and pick the one action with the highest leverage for your specific score. For most high-risk workers, the highest-leverage action is to start using AI tools in their daily workflow immediately, shifting from someone whose tasks could be automated to someone who directs the automation. For lower-risk workers, maintain AI literacy and deepen domain expertise.
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