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[[aiPlaybook.seedPrompts]]
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inDemand = false

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category = "Operating system software"
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inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "Microsoft .NET Framework"
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[[tools]]
example = "Microsoft Outlook"
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hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "Microsoft Project"
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example = "Microsoft Visio"
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example = "Microsoft Visual Studio"
category = "Development environment software"
hot = true
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[[tools]]
example = "Microsoft Windows"
category = "Operating system software"
hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "Microsoft Word"
category = "Word processing software"
hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "Node.js"
category = "Web platform development software"
hot = true
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[[tools]]
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hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
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category = "Object or component oriented development software"
hot = true
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[[tools]]
example = "Salesforce software"
category = "Customer relationship management CRM software"
hot = true
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[[tools]]
example = "SAP software"
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[[tools]]
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category = "Program testing software"
hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "Structured query language SQL"
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hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "Swift"
category = "Object or component oriented development software"
hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "UNIX"
category = "Operating system software"
hot = true
inDemand = false

[[tools]]
example = "Dassault Systemes CATIA"
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inDemand = true

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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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tier = "Primary-Short"

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score = 0.011
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release = "2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot"

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source = "felten_aioe"
label = "AI occupational exposure"
score = 1.004709
scale = "relative exposure score"
release = "2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks"

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