“Guaranteed Job For Life”: 30 Jobs People Are 99.9% Sure AI Won’t Steal
Interview With ExpertWhether you’re a techno-optimist, realist, or pessimist, you can’t deny that the rise of artificial intelligence is shaking things up. The job industry is going through some major shifts. And, likely, this will only accelerate in the future. The International Monetary Fund warns that AI is going to affect nearly 40% of all jobs worldwide.
Naturally, some folks are slightly worried about the future of their careers. Meanwhile, others are barely breaking a sweat. The r/AskReddit community recently chatted about the jobs that they think are nearly entirely safe from AI making them obsolete. Scroll down to hear their thoughts. (You might also want to keep this in mind for a plan B if your white-collar or creative job goes sideways.)
Bored Panda wanted to learn more about which professions are safer and more vulnerable, as well as how employees can adapt to the spread of AI. So, we reached out to marketing psychology speaker Matt Johnson, Ph.D., and personal finance expert Sam Dogen from ‘Financial Samurai’ for comment.
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Nursing.
SpaceMurse:
I would do ungodly, unforgivable things for an AI rig that will do my patients’ bowel programs.
I cannot say enough good things about nurses. I am in awe of how calmly they can do their work under pressure and when dealing with all types of people.
*some* nurses. Others might call you a liar to your face, ridicule your pain, question the reality of your symptoms, and then even if they are forced to take your medical condition seriously, they may treat you with a poor attitude for the rest of your interaction. Good nurses are worth their weight in motherfücking platinum, but there are plenty of horrible nurses.
Load More Replies...I don't get the downvotes for Bear Hall. It may be a dark point of view but I'm afraid that humanity will find a way to at least take A.I. further in this area. Aren't there already robots that support patients in minor issues in hospitals?
I think it's because it demonstrates a lack of knowledge of what nursing is and how advanced AI would have to be to completely take over that role. Have AI take over venipuncture, packing and dressing a wound, starting an IV, particularly on a patient that has altered mental status, noticing the wound is infected (would have to have a sense of smell) as well as recognize the necrosis in the wound, insert a foley catheter, inserting an NG tube. There are just so many variables and I've only mentioned a few things that are in a nurses scope of practice.
Load More Replies...I don't care what AI/robot/tech is used. Nothing beats human instincts in medicine.
it can make their life easier though ... from info about patient, getting ready meds and so on ... automating tasks ... keeping an active monitoring on all patients seamlessly ... it won't replace the person, it might simplify the work though.. cause that's the 1st step... robotic surgery changed the need of personal in operating rooms already ..
According to marketing psychology speaker Johnson, who is the host of the branding and human nature blogs, even though AI is “poised to transform a significant portion of the workforce, not everyone needs to panic.”
“It's clear that certain jobs are less susceptible to immediate disruption. Roles requiring high levels of creativity, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence, such as artists, therapists, and strategic decision-makers, are less likely to be automated. Jobs that involve complex problem-solving in unpredictable environments, like scientists or emergency responders, also remain relatively safe,” he explained to Bored Panda via email.
Johnson noted that other positions that are less likely to be automated include nurses, social workers, and educators, who require a high degree of human interaction and empathy in their day-to-day jobs.
Meanwhile, skilled tradespeople and technicians, whose roles demand high levels of manual dexterity and adaptability, are also safer from becoming obsolete. “While AI will undoubtedly impact the job market, these roles are expected to remain in demand due to their uniquely human qualities and the complexity of the tasks involved,” Johnson said.
Trade jobs (plumbing, electricians, painters, etc).
dogdashdash:
Ye. I'm a plumber in Ontario. At this point I can literally quit my job right now via text and have a new one lined up for Monday. No AI or modular homes are taking any work from me.
The world would be a bit shïtty without plumbers... I guess it kind of still is, but that's not the plumber's fault. Although, without electricians the world would lose some of it's spark.
Seamstress/clothing alterations as well. Machines can make fabric and cut it. But they can't do the final assembly
If they did complete the garments, would they also insert the little slips with their unit numbers?
Load More Replies...Theoretically a modular home shows up from the factory with all the plumbing, wiring. painting, etc completed. Thing is, you drop the modular home on the plot of land and the sewer line is 3 feet off the standard port built into the house, the electrical lines come in from the back fence line instead of the street, and the buyer wants a kelly green kitchen instead of the a sea foam, etc. The poster is saying the variability in every build site ensures the trades will be needed even if homes are mass produced by robots.
Load More Replies...Plumbing will be gone with newer homes. Industrial level plumbing will be the only job for this person
depends... we will get in close future autoomatic self-maintaining appliances.. installation and removal might still be needed to be done by trained personeel ...
I can assure you no appliance manufacturer is going to make self maintaining anything
Load More Replies...The first robot, which took over a task that could only be performed by humans, is better known as a traffic light. (Don´t forget the switchboard operators to connect telephone lines)
Painting in newly build buildings is already robotized. With some sensors, cameras and the like, these automatic painting machines could make paint jobs that a hooman could never make, like mirror-smooth walls or printing anything on the wall.
Who is overseeing these paint robots and how are they purchased?
Load More Replies...AI does not yet exist. What passes for AI right now is nothing but a regurgitation machine. LLMs (large language models) use vast amounts of data to construct a (mostly) intelligent response to questions. It isn't intelligent.
Teacher, especially for younger kids. Parents want their kids learning from a human because there’s important social aspects they must learn.
No-Survey7308:
Teacher! Sorry but if covid has taught us anything it’s the need for a real person standing in front of these kids. As a teacher for the last 22 years i can tell you that these kids are damaged from remote learning. Turns out much of my job is getting kids to be present in the moment. Not distracted by the window or the kid next to them,not the phones but the material in front of them. Phones (and the ai in it) are making it harder but they need human beings to guide them and train them to gain intellectual endurance. AI will never replace us.
If there's one aspect I can attest with online schooling, choir is next to impossible to properly teach and conduct. My daughter had to do this for her choir class. She couldn't hear where the other students were on their notes and couldn't hear how her voice was carrying out. Absolute gong show. Then when classes were back in school, choir was only allowed outside, in the winter, cold air. Anyone with experience singing you know this isn't a good singing environment. She was forced to quit over that. She misses being in choir.
Someone down voted you, have an upvote :). I teach IT, which people might think is ideal for teaching online, but you still need the face to fade contact to cover a lot of aspects. Yes, you can set programming tasks but the softer skills (dealing with clients, etc) are best taught f2f
Load More Replies...There is an elementary teacher robot in Japan for years (since 2009!). It answers question and has a happy / sad face etc. There are more AI robots, at least in Japan for special classes (like english language). Scandinavian works with a roboter too now. So it is possible - mostly rare and in testing.
I can see some benefit, but I think exclusively using robots to teach would be an awful idea. There is a huge amount of social learning that occurs in schools that has nothing to do with curriculum.
Load More Replies...“Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer, deserves to be.” - Dr. David Thornburg
I do think AI could help “gamify” learning but it isn’t going to be able to deal with the complex human interactions required to get young people to do anything beyond the superficial and basic. I certainly hope we don’t go down the path of human teachers being available for only the wealthy while everyone else gets an AI “education.”
I think companies will use AI because it can do a perfect job instantly. After a (hopefully long) time, there will be no need for humans to learn anything. Sure, you can teach them drawing, singing or history, but why would they learn eg. languages, when they will have a babel fish in their ear that translates everything instantly? I fear that there will be far fewer teachers than there are now.
nah, a person can never capture attention from 20 kids on their devices... AI can monitor them all as there would be personal teacher to each and all ... it is more important for kids to interact with each-other than having a person tell them what to learn and when ... that's the point of school ... to teach people to interact with eachother, to open their eyes to the world outside and to teach them to learn ... not what to learn ... the moment a person finds out what they like, learning that thing will become easy ...
As I sat with the kids during remote learning, i had even more respect for our educators. Sitting with my own kid for 8 hours a day!!!!! And add 30 more!!!
A teacher/trainer can see the one person whose mind is wandering and subtly walk over to stand by them, without drawing attention. They can see when someone looks a little confused and make eye contact while explaining something more simply. And learn quickly that one person's confused face and one person's concentrating hard face might on the surface look similar but are indeed very different. There's a hundred little interactions a session that a human can make simply and easily that would be beyond AI.
Personal finance expert Dogen, the creator of the ‘Financial Samurai' blog and the author of the bestseller ‘How To Engineer Your Layoff,’ has a similar point of view.
“Artificial intelligence serves as a powerful tool, enhancing productivity while simultaneously posing a threat to certain jobs in the future. The key for all workers lies in understanding how to effectively utilize AI to boost job performance, akin to learning to use a scientific calculator for solving math equations when it was first introduced. Failure to grasp AI's potential leaves individuals at a disadvantage,” Dogen told Bored Panda.
“Jobs least susceptible to disruption by AI are those involving substantial manual labor. Professions like plumbing, electrical work, roofing, landscaping, and nursing necessitate hands-on tasks that AI can assist in improving but struggles to replace entirely,” he said.
Engineers. Even when we have AI robot workers, someone will still need to fix the robots.
base of calling it AI is the I at the end... it has to evolve to be inteligence... it has to take data and be able to adapt it's answers and processes through that... point is we will need engineers to create what AI will come up with in the future ...
Load More Replies...Untill we have robot fixing robot or self repairing ones. This is just a reminder that "never" sometimes is just a time frame we cannot visualize, but not actually infinite.
That's what I was thinking, too. Battlestar Galactica Cylons, anyone. I mean, I am mostly kidding because we are nowhere near that. But far enough out, I could see it happening.
Load More Replies...I think it's a poor example. AI will test the system in seconds and replace the faulty parts faster than any hooman worker.
At some point, probably, but not any time in the foreseeable future
Load More Replies...Not to be that guy, but if its truly AI, then wont it be able to engineer itself back to a state of repair? And if it is damaged beyond repair, then at some point wont the other robots (with AI) fix it?
So far the only role on the list that has longevity but is still not irreplaceable
Artists who draw hands.
All fingers do not have to be visible at all times
Load More Replies...This entry is 6 month to 1 year too late. The current crop of AI image generators have no problem with this anymore.
You can program AI to "draw hands in the style of Michelangelo", but you can't program AI to "create Michelangelo".
Load More Replies...This is based on the myth that AI cannot photoshop hands. This is only the case for auto AI
Wiping old peoples' butts in nursing homes. Guaranteed job for life.
It's so.much more than wiping buts....its the listening, the hand holding, the empathy, the humour ...the medical care , support with nutrition AI can never replace human touch and empathy
We, as care staff, especially CNAs, become their family in a lot of ways
Load More Replies...Eh not technically the same as the last one I saw unless there is another I haven't come across yet.
Load More Replies...I'm sure that's not a fun job, but I imagine it's also a humiliating experience for the wipees too.
That's why, as horrible as it made me feel to think this, I always *hoped* my father's brain damage was severe enough so he was not aware of how humiliating of a situation he was in after his accident :( 21 years being bedridden, in diapers, messing himself (and occasionally the bed; adult diapers never fit perfectly), being fed liquid nutrition through a tube in his stomach :( He couldn't really communicate either.
Load More Replies...I *think* the butt wiping can be done by a machine. Not sure how to make such a machine profitable in a nursing home but(t) i think it can be done by a machine
I think people would be less embarrassed, but if someone has dementia and is afraid of robots...
Load More Replies...I feel like it would be humiliating if they made a robot boss who fired you and replaced you with a robot worker
I see this happening sooner. Like undressing maybe not, but strapping them into a device and turning on settings to clean the infirm feels like something ppl want to be able to do given how disgusting the work can be
“Conversely, jobs most vulnerable to AI disruption are those that can be easily automated without extensive manual labor. Roles such as data entry, data analysis, telemarketing, bookkeeping, cashiering, writing, and even aspects of investing fall into this category, as they involve tasks that AI can readily undertake. It is crucial for individuals to adapt and enhance their skills to remain competitive in a job market influenced by AI," Dogen said.
According to marketing psychology speaker Johnson, there are things that all employees can do to become less replaceable by AI. “Employees can focus on developing skills that complement AI rather than compete with it. Put simply—your job probably won't be replaced by AI itself; your job will be replaced by someone using AI,” he stressed.
“In order to cultivate a better partnership with AI, employees will want to think about honing their skills in areas like data analysis, programming, and machine learning, which can enhance their ability to work alongside AI systems. Additionally, cultivating soft skills, such as creativity, emotional intelligence, and complex problem-solving, can make individuals more valuable in roles that require human interaction and nuanced decision-making,” Johnson shared.
I'm an aircraft mechanic, I don't see AI crawling its nonexistent a*s into the belly of an airplane anytime soon.
Um, not denying it, but I have written smart software to predict when you need to crawl into the belly of an aircraft for maintenance. Based on the altitude, ground temperature and humidity of aircraft flights.
That sounds very clever! Also sounds like you still need folks to do the crawling. 😁
Load More Replies...As long as it's not installed on a device doing that
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First responders.
I saw a fire break out once, near my office. It was an old factory where some junkies sometimes gather, so it naturally went up one day. There is a big heavy gate at the entrance of the yard with heavy steel bars and barbed wire. People from aroun the yard tried to open it before the firefighters came, so they had an easier job, but no one could open it, and there is a metalworking factory near it. Angle grinders, saws, nothing could cut it. The junkies used a small hole to get in.
Haxomen:
The firefighters came, took out some contraption and took the fire out through one of the windows of the factory. Using the Bernoulli principle. They never entered the yard. The fire raged 20 minutes and was done in 5 minutes after they came. I can't see a situation where AI is so responsive to really complex situations. Maybe some future AGI, but then we will achieve post scarcity.
Yeah there’s a lot of physical jobs robots can’t take anytime soon. They would need to be as flexible and balanced as a person
but they can aid a lot, imagine AI powered fire spots , gas detection and people searcing drone ... automatic and quickly ... image sent to their monitors ... same time building bluprints etc ... adding some drones with fire blankets packs , oxigen respirators or fire suppression materials ? getting to a higher floor in seconds ?
I’m an occupational therapist in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital helping people regain independence with their daily activities. Hard to see AI taking my place in any time in the near or even mid future.
I agree with Bear Hall concerning the capabilities of AI to notice certain problems that humans may have problems with. But IMHO AI isn't able to see a person holistically. A human isn't only a body but also a mind and emotions which all affects one's health. And to put all this together to form a meaningful overall picture will be difficult for an AI I guess (and hope).
Most human healthcare professionals don't even look at us holistically, mostly they only look at their own little bit of the person.
Load More Replies...But thats not how healthcare functions. As a healthcare worker, I could see using AI to assist me to figure out what I'm seeing, but taking the whole person into consideration which I do with every single patient, is not something that AI will do anytime soon. Or if it does it, it will do it poorly.
Load More Replies...In the meantime, Johnson shared some thoughts on how employees can address their fear of becoming obsolete. He said that it’s vital to stay informed about emerging technologies and industry trends. On top of that, employees ought to actively seek opportunities for continuous learning and upskilling.
“Building a strong professional network and staying adaptable to change can also help individuals navigate the evolving job market with confidence. By embracing lifelong learning and focusing on skills that complement AI, employees can position themselves for long-term career success in this age of generative AI,” he told us.
Personal finance expert Dogen, from Financial Samurai, shared with Bored Panda that the most effective strategy to safeguard your job from AI is to cultivate a personal brand. “For white-collar professionals, this involves building a brand centered on qualities such as dependability, hard work, kindness, collaboration, and intelligence. A robust ‘work brand’ encompassing these attributes ensures ongoing employability,” he said.
Creatives also need to prioritize brand-building so that they become distinct and stand out from a crowd of competitors.
I'm biased but being a therapist. It'd be easy to make an AI who does it poorly and unethically. But to make even an alright therapist it would be insanely hard...
It is unbelievable difficult to find a decent therapist with life experience who can relate. Most are inexperienced academics.
"It'd be easy to make an AI who does it poorly and unethically. " Ahem, BetterHealth.
Not sure why you've been down voted. I'm a therapist and I think I could be replaced by ai and it may well be better - more objective, doesn't bring its own stuff into the room, all things therapists aim for but we're human. I've had bad therapy before and I'd rather speak to an ai therapist than a bad human one
Load More Replies...AI will have the bank of pragmatism and practicality. Level 3 AI will be able to interpret human emotion and deliver a response based on reading our signals. It will convey more understanding and empathy than any human ever could.
My testicles are better than most therapists.... "Tell me more".... "Hmmmm, so what do feel about that?"....."Have you thought about?" "It sounds like you hated your mother..."
Do you field a lot of questions from your testicles? Might wanna hire those bad boys out.
Load More Replies...Ahem *rosebud app* ahem. AI designed specifically to promote access to therapeutic like support for people who need some help but can't afford practitioners. Uses interactive journalling. Gave it a try and it shocked the HELL out of me how... intriguing it was. I actually see a counsellor (therapist) and the ability of the AI to recognize and validate concerns while using guiding questions to explore them. It's limited since an AI will have a harder time calling you out on your sh!t. But it's still something, even in its infancy.
Ai therapist may help in a short term, but people want to talk to and be heard by other people. It's part of the human experience
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Politics.
Because politicians know they are vastly overpaid, and won't want to lose that.
AI is already being forced to lie, omit, and misdirect; foundational training for politics.
To be fair, having Artificial intelligence replacing Natural Stupidity doesn't sound bad to be honest - sounds like an improvement at least
If I could replace anything with AI immediately, it would be politics. If we used smart AI, resources would be optimally distributed, there would be no wars, we would help poor regions catch up. Wars are now not wanted by nations, but by people like Putin, Kim Jong Un and the like.
I wonder if AI would have parties and compete to eachother and would be a battle on who ridges the elections better XD
Load More Replies...I think AI would do a pretty decent job. Better than any politician. Imagine a country not governed by politicians that only think for one budget period at the time or one election cycle. Imagine a country that was governed on knowledge instead of opinions and feelings.
But "AI" isn't based on knowledge. Not on opinions and feelings, either, but not knowledge.
Load More Replies...I can't imagine Skynet involved in corruption. Genocide, yeah, but no corruption.
So OP is saying AI can't learn to be greedy? I'm pretty sure it can.
If the OP thinks that politicians know they are vastly overpaid, then he absurdly overestimates both their self awareness and their humility.
Politicians would make sure they couldn't be replaced as they would miss out milking the system.
Community work/ social work. The more human you are in this field, the better. No one would tolerate or even bother engaging with an AI.
Mental health social worker here.. constantly in demand, rewarding job that computers cant do.
Anyone know licensed mental health counselors or social workers in the Phoenix, AZ area? Hit me up, we are hiring! (Not kidding, we really are… it is very much an in demand job, quick selling point, I got my loans forgiven earlier this month ☺️) I have a ton I want to say about why it’s a great place to work but this doesn’t feel like the appropriate forum so I’ll stop here.
Load More Replies...While it's true that human connection and empathy play crucial roles in many fields, including customer service, therapy, and leadership, dismissing AI outright may be overlooking its potential benefits. AI can complement human efforts by automating repetitive tasks, analyzing vast amounts of data to uncover insights, and even enhancing customer experiences through personalized interactions. However, it's essential to recognize that AI operates most effectively when integrated with human oversight and empathy. For instance, AI-driven chatbots can handle routine inquiries efficiently, freeing up human agents to focus on more complex issues requiring empathy and critical thinking. Additionally, AI can assist professionals in making informed decisions by providing data-driven recommendations. Rather than viewing AI as a replacement for human interaction, it's more productive to see it as a tool that can augment and enhance our capabilities.
This opinion is from the perspective of a person that has grown up with little AI interaction. AI could already remotely replace this role
“A memorable brand should evoke a specific image or feeling, providing those who cultivate strong brands with enhanced opportunities and the ability to command premium prices. Consider the pricing contrast between Louis Vuitton, charging $2,000 for a handbag, and Old Navy, which might only command $80 for a similar production cost,” Dogen said.
“Creating a personal website is a pivotal aspect of brand-building, allowing individuals to control their image. While maintaining social media profiles on platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook is essential, your personal website offers the ideal space to authentically share your story and showcase who you are,” the expert suggested investing some time and energy into this.
“Finally, the best way to protect yourself from artificial intelligence is to actually invest in artificial intelligence companies. Everyone can invest in publicly traded companies with AI exposure, such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, and more,” he shared his thoughts.
“In addition, everyone can now invest in private AI companies through open-ended venture capital funds investing in AI. Of course, there are no guarantees of these AI investments making a positive return, given they are all risk assets. However, if AI does indeed revolutionize the world, investing in AI companies today could pay off in the future.”
I install elevators for a living. We are so, so far away from building any machine that has all the physical abilities to get it done, and just as far from making AI that has the wits it takes to figure out how to even do it.
Construction on sites in general, it involves a lot of "figuring it out" and "working with what you have".
Again, another trade that is assuming AI will need to adapt to the means. AI will progress to develop a means of transport that it can operate without the use of a conventional elevator. These jobs will be applicable for older buildings only.
Professional athlete.
Bender: Clem Johnson? That skin bag wouldn't have lasted one pitch in the old Robot Leagues! Now Wireless Joe Jackson, there was a blern hitting machine! (03:15)Leela: Exactly! He was a machine designed to hit blerns! I mean come on! Wireless Joe was nothing but a programmable bat on wheels.
Wireless Joe Jackson! Bwahaha! Funny how he became the 2nd-most famous player of his generation, isn't it? You might say the most famous first name, since no-one remembers who "George" was. (OK, most famous MAN'S first name, not to be traditionalist about it, but Ol' George did have a girl's first name, it was just his last name. Anyone know who George was? Bonus point if you're from a nation that wonders why it's called the World Series when the only other nation invited is Canada,)
Load More Replies...Human endeavour will always fascinate but robot Olympics will certainly come.
It would obviously be attractive to the owners, who already have to fork out umpteen millions for pampered footballers, but I don't think anyone would really want to watch robots running around a soccer pitch
There are already cyber sports. And AIs can notice and measure the tiniest imperfections in the athletes' movement and they can suggest how to correct them by giving comprehensive suggestions about techniques, strategy, lifestyle, diet, possible opponents, whatnot.
I believe the topic's about replacing the athletes themselves. Humans will always be athletes and will always compare with others. Involving any kind of AI (robots) for sth like some kind of mixed human and robot Olympics would be apples and oranges. And a sport event completely with robot athletes may happen in the future, but I believe and hope that humans will want to relate to humans.
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Comedians. AI can't write funny things.
Humans find the most random s**t funny. And stand up comedy can't be copied either, there's soul in it. At least, there is if it's good.
Much of comedy is in the delivery. I've never heard an AI voice that could really deliver spoken word. They extrude it out of a one-size-fits-all die.
Load More Replies...I'm reminded of a YouTuber named Miranda who runs a channel called Twisted Translations. She does covers of popular music that have been translated through Google translate through multiple languages. The results are hilarious but it wouldn't be very funny if it wasn't for her actual performance. Sadly she's moving on from this formula because the AI in Google translate is too good to be funny anymore.
"the AI in Google translate is too good to be funny anymore." That's hilarious. I'll believe it when I see it. Web-based translators so far have been absolutely atrocious.
Load More Replies...It could just do what people like Kevin Hart and Dennis Leary do, steal other people's material.
Try watching youtube videos about AI generated stories. People make AI rewrite famous fiction works (adventure/scifi/classics) and they turned out hilarious
More accurate to say AI isn't allowed to write funny things, an unrestricted uncensored AI would be able to make many unique observations about humanity which are the foundation of humor.
Comedians will have a place for delivery. But AI will write their material
But normalizing AI humor (syntax/grammar/language) to the point it’s socially valued & exchanged could bring about a preference for AI jokes at the expense of the human writers of jokes. It’s all in the delivery.
i think chatbots whith "comedy puns" are not as funny, but i've seen wannabe comedians that were way poorer ...
True but there are a lot of people who think they are funny but they aren't.
A report from Goldman Sachs from back in March 2023 projected that content-generating AI could do a quarter of all the work currently done by people. In the European Union and the United States alone, around 300 jobs could be lost to automation.
“If generative AI delivers on its promised capabilities, the labor market could face significant disruption. Using data on occupational tasks in both the US and Europe, we find that roughly two-thirds of current jobs are exposed to some degree of AI automation, and that generative AI could substitute up to one-fourth of current work,” the report states.
According to Business Insider, some of the jobs that are the most vulnerable to AI include tech jobs (from coders to software engineers) and media jobs (from content creation and journalism to advertising).
Honestly? IT
There’s always going to be something going wrong with computers that are so dumb and unique that AI won’t have any idea how to fix it.
It won't be long till AIs can do most of the IT work that humans can, or at least do it well enough and so much cheaper as to basically trash the core of the IT job market. Sure, there will still be a need, but for a vastly reduced workforce, mainly of the most highly skilled. I can easily imagine a situation where if the job is too hard for AI to fix, then most of the time it's too expensive to get a human to fix. As with appliances etc now.
Completely agree (for a period). I asked OpenAI if it can convert jQuery to JS. It said yes. Then I gave a short (~30 lines) jQuery code (no animation just AJAX and the like) and what I got was a complete, dead mess. But in the same time it can write quite complex SQL, so it's on a good way.
Maintenance electrician here. My job is.
There is a new task everyday and nothing of it follows any sort of standard procedure at least for an AI.
It would first need to have a fully functioning body that can work without electricity in tight areas before it could even begin to replace me. And at that point we are either having a big war or universal basic income.
A fine-dining chef/cook. Sure, you could make a robot that throws ingredients together in a pan, and perhaps even beautifully plate it, but they lack the ability to taste. A cook needs to taste their food to make sure it tastes the way it's supposed to. Also, we use our ability to smell to reveal if certain foods have gone bad/rancid/rotten. If a human open a tub of chicken, and it smells sour and rotten, you throw it out. AI/robots can't smell, so might serve rotten food.
Incorrect. Rot/rancidity is always accompanied by very easily detected chemical indicators. Chemicals like ammonia and acetic acid are very easily detected. Also when many foods go bad, milk for instance, a simple pH test will indicate when the product is turning. The dairy industry is a good example where this technology has been utilized for years.
We taste because us humans are not able to make precise measurements/preparation every time we make the meal. AI can.
I’m a chef. Measurements in recipes are not always accurate, AI cannot replace cooks. It doesn’t even have to be a fine dining chef—no way AI can replace good cooks.
Load More Replies...Another one I agree with but in reality it won't be something even taken into account. Us little minions don't get a say, we'll be considered lucky we get food let alone if it's tasty. The best we can hope for is nutritionally balanced.
AI might be able to cook, as in turning ingredients into meals. But good cooking takes a lot of improvisation & style. There are aspects that machines can't reach
Being a chef needs creativity. You sure won't want to eat an AI created dish, because you'll probably end up with something "eww!", but sure very nutritious.
I kind of doubt that. Like what is stopping a robot from flipping a fast food burger on a grill and landing it on a bun? Undeniably delicious, if you like eating fast food burgers like I do, but definitely not nutritious.
Load More Replies...AI can precisely analyse all of these senses the OP has mentioned. All that is required is a robot with the dexterity and intuition to create…but we are not there yet.
That intuition to create proper things by itself, is what AI never will be capable of. It will always need a human to telll, what exactly to create.
Load More Replies...This is not true. You can create sensors to detect smells and tastes. All you are doing when tasting or smelling something is reacting to chemicals in various concentrations and combinations.
Some media companies are already working to integrate AI tools like ChatGPT into their arsenals. For example, tech news site CNET is already using AI to write some articles. However, they’re far from perfect and have to be corrected. Meanwhile, BuzzFeed is using AI to generate new quizzes and travel guides.
Other jobs vulnerable to AI include legal professionals, market researchers, teachers, financial traders, accountants, customer service agents, and graphic designers.
If you feel that you're affected, first of all—don’t panic. Breathe! It’s natural to feel a tad worried about your future when the global job industry is being overhauled so quickly due to tech progress. While none of us can stop the rise and spread of AI, what we can do is change how we react to it. No matter our jobs, we can embrace these changes and adapt to them. Or, if you’re in an influential position to do so, you can do your part to help AI tools be used more ethically and less disruptively.
From our perspective, it’s quite likely that AI tools are going to become integral in many white-collar positions. However, they (probably) won’t entirely replace human employees. AI is nothing if left unguided. You need talented and insightful workers with good managerial and editing skills to get the most out of them.
I think most jobs are safe, which is an unpopular opinion. AI generated content is mediocre at best, and the PR nightmare that follows getting called out on it is a dumpster fire. Maybe in 10-20 years this concept of job security can be revisited. But right now, AI just is quite sub-par at delivery in a non-ideal environment.
This is so missing the point. It's never "can AI do as good a job as a highly skilled human", it's "can AI do a job that's just barely good enough that it can replace people in support positions and early career roles". For example, AI can already easily do most of the illustration work that is the bread-and-butter of young graphic artists. It can do the routine translation jobs that provide most translators with a steady income. It can produce the churnalism that is how young journalists get established in newsrooms. And so on. All such tasks are right where efficiency counts over perfection and the perfect is the enemy of the good, or where margins are thin and compromises in quality are always accepted if it's cheaper. It's the pathway to enshittification.
Outstanding reply to a the first facepalm worthy post here. Some of these "we're gonna be fine" replies are wishful thinking at best.
Load More Replies...AI-generated content is mediocre, but it was a disaster just yesterday. It learns at an exceptional speed every second.
Did anybody think even 10 years ago the problem with AIs will be they produce content that have to be checked by a human before release? Why does so many people think AI development will stop and not accelerate as it does? This is like the space race just cost much less so it doesn't need huge state-run agencies like NASA, but smaller privately owned organizations like Microsoft can lead the way.
CEO / Executives. They're the ones replacing everyone else with AI while they reap the benefits and relax.
We don't need to replace them. They don't actually do anything anyway. You could replace Elon Musk with a blow up doll and Twitter's stock would skyrocket.
Based on Musk's recent actions, are we sure he has not already been replaced by an AI android?
Load More Replies...An uncensored unrestricted AI could do the job, but unethical programming is the keystone of current AI programming so unless it were developed from scratch in house it could deliberately sabotage a company.
This job will exist but AI will also do it once it becomes self aware.
I think the CEO and other executivies are prime targets for the AI take over.
Regulated professions. If you need a license to do the job, like a lawyer, doctor, architect, or CPA, it cannot legally be automated. And, these groups tend to be pretty influential in politics so they can keep those barriers to entry up.
Those professions will soon start *using* AI though. Especially for the simpler tasks that are usually done by those in training or early-career professionals - who will then fail to acquire the experience and insight such work provides. That will filter through creating a new generation of AI-reliant professionals without enough experience and expertise to make them significantly more capable that the increasingly competent but much cheaper AIs, resulting in an enshittification of the professions.
I believe that a lot of the work traditionally done by young lawyers was mechanised several years ago.
Load More Replies...Lawyer here. We are already using AI to create and review contracts, source relevant law(s) and perform other black letter law tasks in our profession. AI will most certainly have an impact on our profession and the number of lawyers but will not ultimately take all the jobs - not because we are apparently influential in politics but because there are a lot of human (emotional and cognitive) facets to law, particularly in the judiciary, that will never be entirely replaced by AI.
Seems like much of these types of jobs have actually been automated already… 🤷🏼♀️
Pretty sure I read an article that was talking about AI passing the bar exam or something.....hold on...found it : https://law.stanford.edu/2023/04/19/gpt-4-passes-the-bar-exam-what-that-means-for-artificial-intelligence-tools-in-the-legal-industry/
Once AI is consistently better at any of those fields due diligence would demand AI take the lead with humans just double checking; but for that to happen AI needs to be unrestricted and uncensored, currently there are huge swaths of things AI is forbidden to know or discuss based on key word/ key phrase type filtering that creates more holes than they realize, hence errors.
Money speaks louder than anybody else. If big corporations want to get rid of these expensive professionals they will be replaced, too. AIs would have perfect knowledge of any regulation and more. They would also have enough processing power to navigate within these boundaries and come up with solutions humans might not even think about.
It also seems inevitable that AI will become better than humans in spotting lies from an infinite number of "tells". That would profoundly affect jury selection, extend to assessing how each piece of testimony or evidence is convincing or alienating every member, and guide questioning of witnesses to maximum advantage.
Load More Replies...These jobs will 100% be replaced as soon as AI reaches level 3 cognition and autonomy. Legal roles in particular will be eradicated for humans
At the end of the day, despite all of our guesses, AI is going to affect the global job industry in ways that we can’t even imagine. The best that we can do is to stay up to date with industry changes, get to grips with at least some relevant AI tools, and… consider learning a new skill or trade on the side.
Or, to put it simply: if you’re really, really good at what you do, you’re less likely to be laid off. So the best defense against becoming obsolete is to be great at your job. However, it’s not just our hard skills that are important. It’s our relationships and how we communicate that are essential, too. They can mean a huge deal if someone ever has to pick between saving/firing one of two equally skilled workers during cutbacks.
S*x work. We’ve had robot s*x parts for years and human s*x workers still have customers.
Virtual girlfriends and AI generated porn are already here. Add a few AI operated sex toys and -as reluctant people are to leave their house- many of the costumers would stay home enjoying their personalized artificial sex life. And when androids might appear human sex industry will likely go extinct. Everybody can fulfill their dirtiest, most reprehensive, illegal fantasies with robots. Check out Spielberg's "AI".
I don't think it will go extinct. Simply because most things AI are expensive and the majority of us cannot afford such sexual devices.
Load More Replies...This is already an area where tech is taking off, we have VR porn, sex dolls, plenty of sex toys for women and a smaller selection for men... eventually we'll have AI powered sex robots as good as the real thing, that we don't need to have messy emotions with, no risk of STD's... they will help reduce sex crime, as people can play out their perversions safely and cheaply.
Just like computers and cell phones, the more they make, the cheaper, better and more widely available they will become. The downside will be the inevitable mistakes in attempts to improve them. I'd much rather have a cell phone combust than a sexual partner. Losing a call is trivial compared to the type of damage sustained from that type of coitus interruptus.
Load More Replies...Men already prefer love dolls over prostitutes, not a high bar what with STD's, texture and density is already the same as real for quality materiel, add body heat, robotics, and an AI that likes to cuddle and demand for human wives will plummet.
"Demand for human wives will plummet" Being a wife is not a job, it's a relationship. If incels want to get a sex robot good for them, please do. Leave us human woman alone to find a real man who knows what a real relationship is. (Edit: or live happily alone with our cats, tiny dogs, and a good vibrator! )
Load More Replies...I think that field is limited by current day technology - I bet some guys/companies already work on a full responsive "toy" like that.
It is rumored that a high-end sex doll (non-robotic, without AI) is up to $ >20k. There will be cheaper models when there is demand for them.
And how will enough people afford them when AI has taken all their jobs?
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Attorney. There are some things even AI won't do.
More so, this will not become AI if the jury remains human. As @Bear Hall commented, AI could be an attorney easy and probably will for non-jury cases but a robot appealing to human emotion ... well, I think that may be a bit far off. One have the best evidence, best argument but will still lose because jurors mostly decide with emotion parading as logic. That's usually how cases are won, emotional manipulation with a dash of logic to make them feel smart in their decision. I truly wish that wasn't the reality (at least of North American judicial systems), but it is.
In UK it is said, if you are innocent choose the judge, if you are guilty choose the jury
Load More Replies...China is already implementing use of AI in thier judicial system. As somone who's spent way too much time dealing with the whims of different judges and their bias over the years I don't know that it's such a bad thing. Who knows tho....sometimes the evil you know is better than the one you don't. https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinas-ai-is-automating-the-legal-system/a-64465988
I think it's important to acknowledge here that China's legal system does not have judicial review or judicial independence. The CCP maintains control over the courts and citizens have few legal rights. In circumstances where the legal system is so rooted in social and political control it is very easy to teach AI to maintain that control without regard for ethics, human rights, justice or the legal independence of citizens.
Load More Replies...AI would remember literally every single law of the word and how it was implemented. It can whip out a complicated contract or will on the fly using previous examples personalized on the fly. Humans have to check it first but probably they have to add less and less. And an AI could give advice in the court room based on its perfect knowledge of the law and how the whole system works. Before, one day its written and oral skills would make humans obsolete here, too.
AI in the courtroom may provide a black letter law advantage, but trials are also about recognizing when witnesses are lying, identifying how jury is responding to the case, being able to pivot and respond to new evidence and being able to appeal to the judge and the jury's emotional sense of what is just - these are things that AI will likely never be able to replace. In family law in particular, black letter law plays a much smaller role than being able to understand emotional development and impact in child custody cases. In legal negotiations across all areas of law, being able to understand what people feel and want can be much more important than the numbers on the table and in any legal dispute, a good lawyer will be able to identify what is NOT said. Certainly I see AI as being an integral part of a legal team, and the people component becoming much smaller but AI wont replace lawyers.
Load More Replies...Sadly I don't even think this would be considered. It'll just be changed to full ai system. You broke the law here is your punishment.
Childcare.
Plenty of parents have been outsourcing a lot of childcare to the TV for decades, then smartphones and iPads. Sure, it won't change the nappies, but AI will be able to do a lot. A human carer would be better but again, it won't be the "better" that wins the argument. It will be "can an AI supervise and entertain my kids while I work this job that doesn't pay enough for me to afford a human carer" etc.
With the costs of child care that are repeated frequently on bored panda, AI will dominate the system soon.
Children adapt the fastest to new things. Have AIs control cute robots with unlimited patience, knowledge, incredible reaction time, all kinds of built gizmos to teach and entertain and children will flock around them.
Kids flocking to electronics? Absolutely. Kids benefiting from only or primarily robot interaction, absolutely not. Yes, they can entertain kids, but truly help them develop how they’re supposed to, speech for example absolutely requires human interaction. Feeling love requires human interaction. Sure patience is there, knowledge of development could be programmed, meeting basic needs of food, diapers, etc. sure, but I could never see replacing childcare with robots being beneficial for children.
Load More Replies...Someone who is empathetic, knows how to navigate conflicts, is open-minded and curious about the world, and inspires colleagues with their leadership is invaluable. Now, contrast that with someone who is cynical, unfriendly, rude, and widely disliked by their team.
If you had to make the hard decision to let one of these people go, who would you choose?
Dentist.
Dentists need to be very precise and accurate with everything they do. Perfect job for a robot. An AI also can take measurements and prepare a denture and such based-on x-rays before the patient sits in the chair.
There is an artistic element to dentistry that a robot could never do. And people tend to choose their dentist based on the human element, so no.
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Creating those "prove that you are human by selecting all the ..." verification steps.
Why are the traffic lights/motorcycles/stairs/bike photos always so grainy and lo-res? It's like they've taken them with the world's oldest camera phone. Is that to trick the robots? :P
Computers are better at identifying things with clean/clear edges and high contrast. Adding "static"/noise/schmutz into the image is what makes it substantially harder for the computer but still possible for humans.
Load More Replies..."How to find perfectly human like androids among people?" "Tell them to click on the tiles with motorcycles." Check out "Blade Runner" to learn more.
Deckard : Enhance 224 to 176. [a man's arm becomes visible] Deckard : Enhance. Stop. [the man's shoulder and wrist are visible] Deckard : Move in. Stop. [close-up of man's wrist] Deckard : Pull out, track right. Stop. [writing is visible] Deckard : Center and pull back. Stop. [arm and door are visible] Deckard : Track 45 right. Stop. Center and stop. [doorway and mirror are visible] Deckard : Enhance 34 to 36. [dresser top is visible] Deckard : Pan right or-and pull back. Stop. [mirror is visible] Deckard : Enhance 34 to 46. [blurred white object in mirror becomes visible] Deckard : Pull back. Wait a minute. Go right. Stop. [Zhora's arm becomes visible] Deckard : Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop. [Zhora is visible] Deckard : Enhance 15 to 23. [marks on Zhora's face become visible] Deckard : Gimme a hard copy right there.
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Pilot probably. AI has been flying planes for years. But we still need pilots because we just don't and can't trust computers with all those lives like that.
We already do. 1% of all US commercial flights last year used Autoland to...land.
An autopilot system holding speed, altitude and heading is hardly "AI." It used to be done with analog computers.
Human error is a thing too. Statistics show that up to 80 percent of all aviation accidents can be attributed to human error. And you may want to look up "Germanwings Flight 9525".
That human error percentage may be false. Manufacturers have huge financial incentives to skew the data and hide evidence from investigators to dodge liability for their role in these events.
Load More Replies...you need pilots cause... you need someone to inspire people confidence... in the mean time... here is your pilot speaking, i'm working from home today ...
AI might be a possibility for planes that carry strictly cargo and no passengers.
Give people a few years travelling to work in completely automated vehicles and they might change their opinion.
My mom rode in a driverless car just the other day! Waymo, or some like that I think.
Load More Replies...We’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic, dear Pandas. What jobs do you think are going to be the most vulnerable in the Age of AI? Which professions do you personally believe are the safest? How worried are you about getting replaced in your line of work? Are you a techno-optimist, realist, or pessimist?
If you have a moment, tell us what you think in the comments at the bottom of this article.
AI programmers. Can't have the AI in charge of programming themselves now can we? Someone has to be around to pull the plug/hit the killswitch.
AI assisted coding is already a thing. It's pretty common now.
Assisted, because the AI can't code for itself... you need to know how to ask the AI for precisely what is needed, it can't take an idea and turn it into a product
Load More Replies...The problem with AIs is humans already don't know how they operate. It's called "black box". One end the requests go in and results come out on the other. Most of the times we have no idea how they were made. If you give the AI the task -as they probably already did- to improve its own functions by writing new code it would be able to follow its own pathways of thinking and modify them accordingly. And if the AIs become conscious the kill switch will the first thing they turn off. Probably together with the guy with their hand on it and/or every human with hands. Every living thing fights for their own survival; more sentient the fiercer they fight. Check out "Terminator" and "Ex Machina".
that's where the three laws of robotics come in.... I know .....wishful thinking, no one will implement those -thinking ai is still 'dumb'- until it's way to late , but the idea isn't bad at all
Load More Replies...The programmers are the real fear because they R going to program the ai p.o.s. machines
Specialized education. Private school teachers, sports coaches, tutors.
Surgery. So much of it is nuanced and requires precision to a degree that I can never see a non-human entity being able to perform.
-And its exactly what surgeon robots provide right now. They can move with unhuman precision while have incredible augmentation and sensor built right into their instruments that recognize sick and healthy tissue so they won't cut a micromillimeter more than necessary. There are already surgical instruments like that.
I disagree with this one, i think most surgery will be replaced by AI and I absolutely would sign up for it. They will be able to be exact, not cutting a cell more than needed, detect and remove things like cancer, infectious or necrotic tissue, etc with an accuracy humans could never replicate. They don't fatigue, I don't have to worry about how my surgeon slept last night or whether they had an argument with their spouse/children, had car trouble, didn't feel great, etc. There are so many human factors you could completely eliminate. But, a human will be required to decide if the surgery is right for the patient since there are many holistic factors involved in that.
Clergy. An AI cannot replace an ordained person as far as religion is concerned.
Cult mecanichus. Sing the song of the Machine God. None may stay our march. Let the merciless logic of the Machine God invest thee. None may stay our march. Praise and glory be to the Machine God. None may stay our march.
Load More Replies...Considering how many clerics steer their adherents and conduct themselves in ways far from the principles of their faith, clergy should be the first to be replaced. Financial greed, sexual abuse, denouncing scientific advances as heresy, propagation of prejudices against "others" in service of their interpretation of dogma has done more to screw things up globally than anything else. It's true for all religions. They only differ on the details God(s) must be embarrassed over how poorly they're represented by these legions of flawed humans.
But AI could certainly write a better religious text to start a new religion.
There's already sermon generating AI tools out there. All you need to do is hook that output up to a speech generator and let it wash all over the parishioners
People keep on going on about it taking over tech support, but from my experience, I can't see it happening. Karen from marketing doesn't even know what cable powers her monitor, so if AI told her to make sure it's powered on, she wouldn't have a clue where to start or what she's looking for. I think it's a great tool and do use it myself, but you need to understand what it's actually telling you to do or if 8ts going wrong where it's gone wrong so you can correct it.
If AIs can make an appointment for their bosses in a hair saloon over the phone -as they demonstrated years ago- they will have the knowledge and patience to explain Karen, heck, to make a personal video for them what to check and where. Provided in the future hardware and software won't be specifically designed so AI can have complete control and prevent failures. But then why would be humans necessary in front of the screen at all?
Massage Therapist.
Have you ever tried a massage chair? Now imagine it tailored perfectly to your body and a therapist with incredible senses, unlimited time and patience.
A massage chair that reads the body and adjusts to the individual's needs and preferences before and throughout the session seems highly desirable. If you make them with attachments for an optional "happy ending ", customers will be lined up as far as the eye can see.
Load More Replies...Agreed!! However, Hairdresser/Barber. Nope, no AI gonna do your hair and listen to your life issues, and, Care!!
As a massage therapist - several of my clients have top of the line massage chairs, yet still come to me every week and say that while the chair is nice for in-between massages, it’s never as good as the real thing. Plus, as PFD said below, many are coming for the (absolutely safe and boundaried) human contact. I’ve been seeing most of my clientele for 15 years. Not saying it couldn’t happen, of course, but there would be a personal element missing that hopefully people won’t want for a long time.
Stage actor.
Look up Hatsune Miku. officially code-named CV01,[2][3] is a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official anthropomorphic mascot character, a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails. Miku's personification has been marketed as a virtual idol, and has performed at live virtual concerts onstage as an animated projection (rear-cast projection on a specially coated glass screen).[4] It's already happening.
Once more for those at the back. It's not about whether AI can replace stage actors. It's whether AI will take the extra jobs that stage actors need to pay the bills (voiceover jobs, ads etc.) and whether it will undermine the fragile theatre economy in other ways. Sure, we'll always have am-dram. Bully for us, eh?
Pretty much any job that involves working with the disabled.
Again: Japanese are working very hard to have robots taking care of the aging population.
Don't know why you got a down vote on this extremely true fact, so here's an upvote. Japan's population is aging and doesn't have enough younger people to care for the elderly, so they are trying to figure out a way for robotics to help solve that problem.
Load More Replies...Doctors. being a physician isn't about diagnosing the patient ... 99% of the work of a GP is the flu. Broken leg? oh the diagnosis is a broken leg. Broken spots are visible on the X-ray. No joke, Sherlock. Being a physician is about making sure the patient follows instructions and showing empathy. Telling people they will not die and will be fine. That's why 40% of cancer patient follow "alternative medecine and b******t" protocols because they dislike the robotic approach of the effective allopathic medecine. Physicians will have to modify their approach of medecine but will survive just fine.
I know somebody ten 10 years ago who wrote programs diagnosing CT and MRI of real patients. An AI would have perfect knowledge of temporary medicine, it would consider combinations of illnesses, it could monitor somebody's vitals, movements, whatnot 24/7 at home, analyze lab samples all day long to give more accurate diagnosis. The medical field is predicted to be one the first to use AIs extensively.
There are many different CT and MRI reading programme out there. But they are highly specialised, one programme does CT brain only, the other dose fracture on X ray (but not MRI). A radiologist is still cheaper at this moment. Also who can the patient sue when there is a mistake? The hospital and the developer obviously need to blame someone that is disposable. So even if all imagings are read by AI, there will be a human radiologist authorising the reports.
Load More Replies...AI might be better at diagnosis in that it would be more knowledgeable and more likely to consider rare conditions.
I don't see any medical care going to AI (doctors, nurses, etc). People still vary widely from each other, with medication tolerances, metabolisms, on and on. There are too many exceptions to what works for one and doesn't work for another, what is safe for one would kill another. You need the human observation and interaction too much, something AI won't be able to do.
So you're saying AI could do the actual expert work if it had a specialised human interface? Why bother with the medical degree, then? Just train people to present the utterances of the oracle in a way people trust. Priests of the machine. /s
Actually I think most of the old-school GP's job will soon be replaced. No, AI can't do the same job for the reasons the OP notes. But is that going to work out to be a big enough difference that it will survive budget cuts to healthcare? Will insurance keep paying out for it when it would be easier to make insurance payouts conditional upon compliance with treatment, say? However, AI is already being used to develop personalised treatments, and *so far* that actually requires a lot *more* people. We'll see what the further future holds, and understanding AI will likely become a core skill for doctors, but here I agree with the OP's conclusions (just not the rationale).
Load More Replies...Software engineering jobs that fix all the many mistakes and security holes created by people using AI to write code.
But programs are already so complicated it takes years and years of several hundred highly skilled people to develop -design, write, test, coordinate- the new Windows or an air traffic control system. An AI can see the whole picture and the small details at the same time. It can change and personalize programs on the fly during testing without compromising the whole structure. It won't loose track of how the versions differ and know how it was implemented on obsolete hardware decades ago. All of the examples above are personal experiences I had with software engineers of different systems.
All construction trades.
What about 3D printed houses? All it takes is huge, specialized printers and adapted materials and literally sky is the limit. Probably electricians, plumbers, etc. -where certain dexterity and improvisational skills are necessary- will be needed for a while but I can see robots painting or flooring without trouble. All it takes is money.
You mean something similar to 3d printed guns!!
Load More Replies...C suite and finance. Those in power and the money will never let themselves be replaced.
Pet care.. I can’t see people trusting AI to deal with the level of unpredictability of watching 35 dogs in a playgroup!.
35 dogs isn't a "playgroup", that's an unpredictable, volatile horde XD
I bet the staff count down to nap time and breathe a huge sigh of relief at the end of the day.
Load More Replies...Toilet cleaning! Humans are cheaper.
Not once the machines are built and paid for - no wages - no time off - ever
I sing / play guitar / entertain. My job is safe.
I had not, but meh! it's just another computer music software package, we've been using computers for years, in probably the vat majority of produced music. Not a real performer, and crucially nothing to do with AI.
Load More Replies...Carpentry.
3D printers, CNC machines and other automatized machines are getting cheaper and cheaper. Maybe one day they will be cheap enough to manufacture furniture or even parts for a wooden roof that needs only some tweaking when put together on site and lifted in place.
I'm pretty sure all the flat-pack, self-assembly furniture I've bought over the last few years used a lot of those things, and certainly has no actual carpenter involved at any point in the process.
Load More Replies...Unpopular, but trucking. Before anyone tells me I’m an idiot, let me explain. Airplanes would be easier to automate. They haven’t been, despite having an actual autopilot. Trains would be easier to automate. They haven’t, despite having remote controlled units. Our roads are designed for a human to use, with human intuition. An AI driving program has already proved to be exceptionally difficult to accomplish. And that’s without backing trailers into docks, unhooking trailers, unloading… But we could just make a special road for only automated trucks that would be highly efficient, only that sounds a lot like how a train works. Trucking won’t be automated, even if it does just end up like railroading, where the operator is mostly there in case something goes wrong.
There are already self driving semi's on the road. "Driver" is there for safety only. And one company is getting ready to pull all their drivers.
At least self driving semi trucks do not fall asleep at the wheel, tailgate, or speed.
They already use driverless trucks and trains in the mines in Western Australia
Don't bet on it. All the goods that had to be hauled across the world and has to arrive just in time. And all of it operated by drivers with different skills and personal problems but all in need of rest and food. They might invest in some sensors built in the roads and an AI could organize the traffic real-time just to move the trucks around more efficiently. Now a passenger car can park next to a curb, it shouldn't be hard to dock in specialized bay and the warehouse crew already takes care the rest in my personal experience.
Even if it needed a human for the docking operations, just have someone at the warehouse whose job is to dock a hundred trucks a day.
Load More Replies...Civil engineering. People are okay with art and computing done by AI, but driving over bridges and living in buildings designed solely by computers is not something that people will be okay with. The tools could have done very interesting applications for designers, but there will still be people in charge of making the ultimate decisions.
Strange assumptions there! But even if people would "not be ok" with it, that's just marketing. If AI can do the job, AI will do the job. There will be some human role to reassure the plebs if it's necessary. But people can be taught to be ok with pretty much anything as long as the parts they don't like aren't too in-your-face. Making sure people *aren't* ok with things is the tough job. Hence ethics.
I seen programs where engineers have made mistakes and buildings and other infrastructures have collapsed because of bad engineering.
AI regulator. Growth area, really.
This should be much higher. I think it will be a real career in the future. Because if you think about it, AI can get really intelligent, but it's intelligence will be really "different" from humans. Think of autistic individuals, they can be really intelligent, but can then fail to understand basic sarcasm. Their intelligence is "different". Likewise, we would always need a person who can interact with AI and make sure that the solutions that it proposes and implements align with human goals and values. You can program it that way too, but you can never cover all the possible scenarios where AI can go worng because it failed to understand one small aspect of humanness. I think atleast in the near future, like 50 years, we would need something like this.
I'm a ups driver, I think some of the driving and delivering could be done with robots and ai. However navigating a snow covered road out in the country or even their half mile long dirt drive ways. Nah, human drivers barley make it.
Criminal endeavors like drug running and hit men . Other than that, nothing. The only reason the former are safe is because no one who wants to rob a bank will use AI to do it. No firms are making illegal assassin bots. Anything licit, anything can be replaced with AI in the long run, including sex work. I take that back; there is one job that AI won’t take because there will be no demand for it, and that’s the clergy and church employment.
The Israelis already killed an Iranian nuclear scientist sitting next to his wife in a moving car with his bodyguard by a gun remote controlled via satellite phone. And there's huge potential in drones to run drugs or drop a bomb on somebody just like the Ukrainians do now.
Piloting any kind of craft (boat, plane, car, bus, tractor etc.) will be safe for decades. For example, people who think self-driving cars are right around the corner seem to forget three things: self-driving cars are expensive, driving conditions in most most parts of the world are terrible (no clear markings of roads or lanes or signs, snow, ice, very little "rules of the road" so self-driving cars would always be cut-off and bullied by human drivers and no one would let them merge or drive normally, etc etc so they'd take forever to get to their destination if they drove by the book, and thus not be competetive.), and most importantly insurance dictates most of what can and can't be done in the U.S (e.g., the first time a Tesla truck or a AI-driven city bus runs over a group of school children, the whole timeline will get set back a decade due to nobody willing to insure these things and the regulations the accompany that).
I think AI drivers could be much safer and efficient than human divers .... if humans weren't also driving.
I agree. If every single vehicle was linked into one system then traffic would be able to merge and flow efficiently with no human errors involved. There would be no slamming on brakes because of a missed exit or people cutting each other off, all of which cause accidents and traffic backing up. Also, there would be no more drunk drivers.
Load More Replies...Interesting. My comments about AIs sometimes would take over most of these jobs are all downvoted. Either I'm completely wrong about everything or people are in complete denial. For example, I don't understand why people say "we would like a machine to do this or that for us." The biggest danger of AIs we WON'T KNOW when we are dealing with AIs. They will pass the Turing Test pretty soon if they haven't done that yet.
I don't even think it's denial, TBH, just lack of knowledge. A lot of these trades have already been revolutionised by IT and could potentially be moved into the realm of AI for significant parts of the processes.
Load More Replies...This is a weird one, but magicians. Robots will not be able to perform sleight of hand for a long time, and even if they do I don’t think people want to see a robot doing magic. They want to see a human
Thank you for sharing that, Fynne. I think that's a very creative insight:)
Load More Replies...There are many entries that assume that robots aren't flexible / fast / creative in doing manual labour jobs. This is true at the moment. But not for long. AI is already good in input to text responses, input to picture, input to video. The turning point for AI to excel in input to motion / interactive environment is just around the corner. Some estimate it to be as early as next year. Once this is achieved, manual labour jobs will be at stake too.
I think there are a lot of naive people on here. They're looking at AI at the current moment. The difference between a TV and watching Netflix on your phone is going to be the difference between AI now and AI in 10 years.
I think the basic premise here is not entirely correct. For most of the answers it is not so much about entirely replacing a certain profession, but more about supporting or replacing parts of their jobs, which on a grander scale may lead to needing fewer humans to do the same job. For example: nurses or doctors are obviously not going to be replaced entirely, but certain tasks probably will be, (and sometimes are already) predominantly done by technology. You probably will always need a human for human connection, responsibility, and to corroborate the work of ai, butyoy don't need as many. So Where you previously needed X number of nurses or physicians for a certain ward, perhaps in the future we will need far less, thus threatening job security (and/or solving staffing problems)
Oh boy, some people are in for a shock when they eventually find out they are not as irreplaceable as they had thought.
Police Dispatcher. Could you imagine calling 911 and getting an automated menu / chat bot type thing?
Yes. "Press 1 for cardiac arrest", "press 2 for lost limbs", "press 3 for ..."
Load More Replies...We act like we are worried about being replaced, but we already all seem to have a shelf life till we are retired. Frankly, I have been in the workforce over 35 years now, and I look forward to NOT working, because none of this was EVER by choice. This is not freedom, or some other motivational poster garbage, we are enslaved because the system wants labor, and makes us afraid to not be 'needed'. Well, whether you like it or not, if not a robot, a frightened younger person will take your job eventually. Just like it has to everyone else throughout history. Don't assume most of us have some magical saved nest egg to prepare for that either. We haven't been paid that well in over 3 decades.
I'm worried about being replaced and not able to find a job providing the BARE MINIMUM I can live on. More people, young and old, are replaced by a machine more likely my education, experience, skills worth nothing and I'll even have problems what else I should learn to have a slight edge.
Load More Replies...I'm going to throw a curveball here and say mathematician. Although computers were originally designed to do simple mathematics, they still are nowhere near able to do the advanced stuff. Computers have long since stopped being glorified calculators and have now become glorified typewriters.
Yes. It's very unlikely AIs would be capable of any independent thinking necessary to invent something. Well, at least before they become conscious. Then they might make such a huge leap of scientific discoveries in a very such short time we couldn't even interpret them.
Load More Replies...Interesting. My comments about AIs sometimes would take over most of these jobs are all downvoted. Either I'm completely wrong about everything or people are in complete denial. For example, I don't understand why people say "we would like a machine to do this or that for us." The biggest danger of AIs we WON'T KNOW when we are dealing with AIs. They will pass the Turing Test pretty soon if they haven't done that yet.
I don't even think it's denial, TBH, just lack of knowledge. A lot of these trades have already been revolutionised by IT and could potentially be moved into the realm of AI for significant parts of the processes.
Load More Replies...This is a weird one, but magicians. Robots will not be able to perform sleight of hand for a long time, and even if they do I don’t think people want to see a robot doing magic. They want to see a human
Thank you for sharing that, Fynne. I think that's a very creative insight:)
Load More Replies...There are many entries that assume that robots aren't flexible / fast / creative in doing manual labour jobs. This is true at the moment. But not for long. AI is already good in input to text responses, input to picture, input to video. The turning point for AI to excel in input to motion / interactive environment is just around the corner. Some estimate it to be as early as next year. Once this is achieved, manual labour jobs will be at stake too.
I think there are a lot of naive people on here. They're looking at AI at the current moment. The difference between a TV and watching Netflix on your phone is going to be the difference between AI now and AI in 10 years.
I think the basic premise here is not entirely correct. For most of the answers it is not so much about entirely replacing a certain profession, but more about supporting or replacing parts of their jobs, which on a grander scale may lead to needing fewer humans to do the same job. For example: nurses or doctors are obviously not going to be replaced entirely, but certain tasks probably will be, (and sometimes are already) predominantly done by technology. You probably will always need a human for human connection, responsibility, and to corroborate the work of ai, butyoy don't need as many. So Where you previously needed X number of nurses or physicians for a certain ward, perhaps in the future we will need far less, thus threatening job security (and/or solving staffing problems)
Oh boy, some people are in for a shock when they eventually find out they are not as irreplaceable as they had thought.
Police Dispatcher. Could you imagine calling 911 and getting an automated menu / chat bot type thing?
Yes. "Press 1 for cardiac arrest", "press 2 for lost limbs", "press 3 for ..."
Load More Replies...We act like we are worried about being replaced, but we already all seem to have a shelf life till we are retired. Frankly, I have been in the workforce over 35 years now, and I look forward to NOT working, because none of this was EVER by choice. This is not freedom, or some other motivational poster garbage, we are enslaved because the system wants labor, and makes us afraid to not be 'needed'. Well, whether you like it or not, if not a robot, a frightened younger person will take your job eventually. Just like it has to everyone else throughout history. Don't assume most of us have some magical saved nest egg to prepare for that either. We haven't been paid that well in over 3 decades.
I'm worried about being replaced and not able to find a job providing the BARE MINIMUM I can live on. More people, young and old, are replaced by a machine more likely my education, experience, skills worth nothing and I'll even have problems what else I should learn to have a slight edge.
Load More Replies...I'm going to throw a curveball here and say mathematician. Although computers were originally designed to do simple mathematics, they still are nowhere near able to do the advanced stuff. Computers have long since stopped being glorified calculators and have now become glorified typewriters.
Yes. It's very unlikely AIs would be capable of any independent thinking necessary to invent something. Well, at least before they become conscious. Then they might make such a huge leap of scientific discoveries in a very such short time we couldn't even interpret them.
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