15 Jobs at Risk of Being Automated by Artificial Intelligence
We’re leaning toward using AI more and more by the day, and while it has certainly helped us a lot, it’s also risking our careers. Jobs that once seemed secure are now being automated, leaving many people uncertain about their future. It sounds impossible, but sadly, many skills and tasks can now be handled with a high-tech tool or AI, so we’re seeing a decline in these careers.
Data Entry Clerks
Data entry clerks input and convert information into computers, usually transferring information from paper to digital sources. They also organize records and ensure they’re updated. While an important job, most of these tasks can be handled with an efficient AI tool so that data entry clerks won’t last long.
Customer Service Representatives
Customer service representatives interact with customers on behalf of a business or company to assist with inquiries and resolve problems. While you’d think a customer service representative’s job requires human presence, most issues can be resolved with an AI chatbot. Sadly, we’ll be seeing this career take a hit in the upcoming years.
Cashiers
We’re already halfway to making cashiers obsolete; many grocery stores in the U.S. and other nations use self-checkout. The only reason cashiers are still in demand is that many stores lack the technology for self-checkout. Once they get it, cashiers will go out of business and won’t be in demand anymore.
Manufacturing Workers
A production or manufacturing worker creates and assembles parts and products, assists with machine operations, handles quality assurance, and monitors equipment. While all of this sounds like a handful, these tasks can easily be replaced with AI and high-tech tools. In fact, countless warehouses are already experimenting with robot workers.
Travel Agents
Gone are the days when you’d approach a travel agent to plan a vacation; you can do it all with just a click from your home. You can ask an AI chatbot to generate the perfect vacation and tell you where to book a room. While it’s making everything incredibly easy for us, AI’s progression is also taking over travel agencies.
Bank Tellers
You might have noticed there are fewer and fewer bank tellers nowadays. This is because many banks have shifted to using more advanced tools and AI technology to assist with their tasks. So now customers can access checkbooks, receive deposits, and verify credentials with bank-approved applications.
Bookkeepers
Bookkeepers oversee the financial operations of a business; they track transactions, manage payroll, update financial statements, handle invoicing and financial reporting, and assist with bank account reconciliation. It’s a mouthful, so you’d expect bookkeeping to be a timeless career, but all of this can be managed through AI or software.
Proofreaders
Proofreading positions are already declining because they’re one of the few careers AI can easily replace. Many AI tools can read documents and even understand human handwriting, so they’re able to pick out errors at a faster rate than humans, thus leading to a career decline.
Writers
AI chatbots like Chat GPT, Scriptify, and Poe are already providing virtual assistance with writing. Such chatbots and platforms aren’t only writing fiction but also assisting with assignments, homework, and other elements of education. More and more companies are embracing AI writing, so their careers will quickly decline.
Transcriptionists
Transcriptionists listen to audio recordings (interviews, meetings, reports, and event notes) and type everything in extensive detail. While transcriptionists have long held on to their career, many AI chatbots and tools are experimenting with understanding audio; some are already transcribing videos, so we’re only a few short years from losing the profession altogether.
Translators
Translators assist with various tasks; they convert written text across languages, help overcome language barriers, and help spread information and education. While translation has existed for a long time, many AI tools are effectively translating text and even audio, reducing the need for human translators.
Librarians
Librarians are also at risk of being replaced. With the speed at which AI is evolving, we can expect advanced AI algorithms to efficiently catalog, search, and retrieve digital resources with unprecedented speed and accuracy in the near future. While human expertise will remain valuable, the job will be strictly reduced to monitoring the system, while the AI will handle the operational aspects of the job.
Research Assistants
Research assistants collect experimental data, organize conducted research, proofread manuscripts, occasionally assist with presentations, and manage projects. Research assistants require a professional degree, but now their careers are being affected by AI; you can ask most AI tools to assist and proofread research and even help design projects.
Journalists
AI is now being used more and more for routine news topics, especially in areas like finance and sports that rely heavily on numbers and facts. Automated tools can generate basic news articles quickly, which means fewer human journalists are needed for this kind of reporting. This shift could make journalism more specialized, with a stronger focus on detailed stories and investigative work.
Graphic Designers
Now that AI tools are becoming increasingly popular, it has become easier to create logos, illustrations, and even templates with just a few clicks. While it cannot completely match human creativity, it is being trained and advanced for more complex tasks, and soon, it seems like it will be capable of creating much more than just basic design work.
More For You
Many people are stuck in their jobs despite hating them due to many reasons, such as micromanagement. If you’ve always wanted to come out of your comfort zone and enjoy something you love, now is the time. You can pick any career that will not be replaced with AI anytime soon and start earning.
This article was first published at Rbitaliablog.
