October 16, 2026
AI Benchmarks Miss Most of the Work: 29 Tests Cover About 5% of Tasks

According to Mercor, 90% of US working hours go to tasks that benchmarks barely cover. The map from Oct 15, 2026 links 29 benchmarks to 208 of 923 O*NET occupations (about 23%) and to 924 of 18,797 tasks (about 5%).