Jobs that AI won’t replace?

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Good question. I am 49 and a statistician. I hope I don't get replaced with AI but it it what it is because we can't stop technological innovation.

[Anonymous]

Hairstylist, masseur, manicurist……..

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Anonymous wrote:DD is 16 and is thinking about possible future careers. She is super stressed out about AI taking over her job and we are having a hard time thinking of some safer jobs.

She wants to work with her mind rather than her body (so no blue collar) and is not interested in medicine.

Psychologist

AI computer could review millions of cases of data in a microsecond and monitor vital signs during a session, similar to an advanced lie detector, to give better therapy than any human, even a team of thousands of psychiatrists/psychologists, could give.

I would not trust AI for mental health, which requires empathy, reading one's body language. AI cannot think like a human.

I wouldn't pay someone hundreds an hour for "feelings". You want facts and scientific analysis, not a shoulder to cry on.
AI will do much better in that field than any human ever could.

You think therapy is just someone reciting facts to their client?

I'd never use "therapy" to begin with so that's moot. But one should want a non-emotionally involved person in that role playing situation.

That’s you, bro. And therapists are trained to check and manage their emotions to hold space for you to process yours.

I’m in school to become a therapist and I use AI for coaching/therapy. It’s helpful, but it’s not a replacement for real human interaction and connection.

Sorta like palm readers and fortune tellers.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is 16 and is thinking about possible future careers. She is super stressed out about AI taking over her job and we are having a hard time thinking of some safer jobs.

She wants to work with her mind rather than her body (so no blue collar) and is not interested in medicine.

AI is not going to take all of the jobs in any field. But they will take some in all fields. So there will be less options in a given field but not no options.

Will make human hires VERY COMPETITIVE. Companies won't want to hire humans that require insurance, days off, etc. when AI or bots can do it without all that, and work 24/7.

And robots will do the work without any "human" stressors (i.e. complaining, attitude, etc.). I'm wondering if our society will turn into a universal basic income culture in the future if most humans can no longer get jobs.

The BroBillionaires will never allow that. They get off too much in bossing and humiliating people. Sick.

Muskrat is the main billionaire to first say that UBI will have to be a thing if A.I. and robotics take over. It's inevitable.

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Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.

Seriously - there are a billion jobs that can't be replaced by AI. During the pandemic we found out exactly who - it's not a difficult thought exercise. AI can't build a house, teach a child, rock a baby, plumb a house, pump septic, dig a well, staff a grocery store, cut hair, clean a hospital, nurse at the bedside, etc.

Too bad none of those jobs pay a middle class wage. This will further gut the middle class and force everyone into poverty

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A lot of sales jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.

Seriously - there are a billion jobs that can't be replaced by AI. During the pandemic we found out exactly who - it's not a difficult thought exercise. AI can't build a house, teach a child, rock a baby, plumb a house, pump septic, dig a well, staff a grocery store, cut hair, clean a hospital, nurse at the bedside, etc.

Too bad none of those jobs pay a middle class wage. This will further gut the middle class and force everyone into poverty

You should get out more. You are really uninformed.

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Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.

Seriously - there are a billion jobs that can't be replaced by AI. During the pandemic we found out exactly who - it's not a difficult thought exercise. AI can't build a house, teach a child, rock a baby, plumb a house, pump septic, dig a well, staff a grocery store, cut hair, clean a hospital, nurse at the bedside, etc.

While I appreciate this comment it ignores the fact that the people hired most of those people work in jobs that will be heavily hit by Ai.

Also - education, home construction (3d printing), a significant amount of nursing, and cleaning will be automated and utilize Ai. It won’t be in 5-10 years, but it will happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hairstylist, masseur, manicurist……..

But their client base will be hit.

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Firefighters and police

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Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.

Seriously - there are a billion jobs that can't be replaced by AI. During the pandemic we found out exactly who - it's not a difficult thought exercise. AI can't build a house, teach a child, rock a baby, plumb a house, pump septic, dig a well, staff a grocery store, cut hair, clean a hospital, nurse at the bedside, etc.

Too bad none of those jobs pay a middle class wage. This will further gut the middle class and force everyone into poverty

+1

Am I supposed to go from being GS-13 fed to pumping septic and digging wells?

We are completely killing upward economic mobility and the middle class. I’m a first gen college grad who made it to the UMC and now facing potential RIFs while the white collar job market is decimated.

I guess I can go work an hourly wage job like my parents with HS degrees did and prepare my kids to work in factories.

We’ll have the owner class and the working class. Yay America.

[Anonymous]

Short answer:

Jobs where your body is doing something in the real world and working with humans or physical objects will survive.

Jobs that take place through a computer screen are at risk.


First category includes: teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers (mechanical, electrical, etc NOT computer),
And yes everything that goes into building maintenance (plumbing, electricians etc). Field scientists. Lab scientists.

Second category includes: lawyers, coders, many feds, some writers, comms people, people who use excel,

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Anonymous wrote:Get her some help with her anxiety

Do you think there's massive investment in AI and that companies that offer AI might want corporations as lucrative customers? If they have those corporations as lucrative customers, it'll be because people can be replaced.

This kid seems like they plan ahead. My kid and her friends are wisely thinking what they can offer the world that AI can't.

It's a fact of life now.

But you are probably old or nearly retired and have your millions, so why would you care either way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the best way to deal with this fear is for her to learn more about AI. Despite all the big talk, it will not be able to replace most jobs. It is basically a big search engine: it cannot "think."

It will be a tool that people will have to learn to use, and in some industries it may replace some of the tasks that are currently used as training or paying your dues (like assembling big data sets) which will force those industries to change. But the result will be more of a "use AI to suggest the best shape of bridge for this space" scenario, not a "there are no more bridge engineers, only AI" scenario.

AI is a big search engine for now. We don't know what it'll be in ten years when OP's kid might be working.

The current president uses AI to write executive orders (poorly worded, too), so...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SO I asked AI:

"Jobs least likely to be replaced by AI involve high levels of human interaction, creativity, emotional intelligence, and complex physical tasks in unpredictable environments. These include:
Healthcare professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, therapists):

What kind of therapists? Physical therapists will be harder (not impossible) to replace, but mental health therapists will not be hard to replace. Already people are using AI and confessing their sins and concerns to the tool to get advice from a robot.