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IronLionZion

(49,702 posts)
11. Data and document heavy jobs
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 12:43 AM
Aug 2

plus these according to the AI chatbot I just asked:

Jobs potentially at risk:

Customer Service:
AI-powered chatbots are already replacing human agents for basic inquiries and support.
Data Entry and Processing:
AI can automate data entry, cleaning, and analysis, potentially replacing data entry clerks and some administrative roles.
Transportation:
Self-driving technology is advancing rapidly, potentially replacing roles like truck drivers and taxi drivers.
Manufacturing:
AI-powered robots are increasingly used on assembly lines for repetitive tasks, potentially impacting manufacturing and factory workers.
Accounting and Bookkeeping:
AI can automate tasks like invoice processing, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
Legal:
AI is assisting with tasks like legal research, document review, and contract analysis, potentially impacting paralegals and some lawyers.
Retail:
Self-checkout systems and AI-powered recommendation engines are already impacting retail roles.
Telemarketing:
AI can automate cold calling and lead generation.
Translation:
AI translation tools are becoming more sophisticated, potentially impacting translators and interpreters.
Journalism and Content Creation:
While human nuance is still valued, AI can generate articles, marketing copy, and other content.
Financial Analysis:
AI can analyze market trends and predict investment opportunities, potentially impacting some financial analysts.
Jobs expected to be less vulnerable:
Highly Skilled Roles:
Jobs requiring complex problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity, like software architects, senior developers, and researchers, are expected to be less vulnerable.
Healthcare:
While some administrative tasks in healthcare may be automated, roles requiring human interaction, empathy, and complex medical decision-making, like doctors, nurses, and therapists, are likely to remain in demand.
Creative Fields:
Jobs involving artistic expression, storytelling, and unique human experiences are less likely to be replaced by AI.
Trades:
Skilled trades like electricians, plumbers, and carpenters are expected to remain in demand as they require hands-on skills and problem-solving abilities.
Management and Leadership:
Roles requiring interpersonal skills, strategic thinking, and team management, like HR managers, sales managers, and marketing managers, are less likely to be replaced by AI.
Education:
Teachers, instructors, and educators are likely to remain in demand, as AI cannot fully replace the human element of teaching.
High-Level Technicians:
Roles like robotics and embedded systems engineers, cybersecurity experts, and AI engineers, while using AI tools, require human expertise to develop, maintain, and oversee these systems.

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It's a bit of a smoke screen Lithos Aug 1 #1
Spot on. Mistakes will be made. But will they be cachukis Aug 1 #4
Agreed. Reports of computer science majors having the highest unemployment rate have been circulating for several year Iris Aug 3 #27
And the tariffs tax won't do anything except make things worse off for more people on top of it. cstanleytech Aug 1 #2
I keep wondering what jobs are being done by AI that were previously done by people. enough Aug 1 #3
None? There are people using AI, not the chat GPT type, to.... reACTIONary Aug 1 #8
Data and document heavy jobs IronLionZion Aug 2 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 2 #17
I would include, War Bayard Aug 2 #18
Losers worry about morals or empathy IronLionZion Aug 2 #23
To me, AI is the new Crypto. The Madcap Aug 1 #5
...And yet this country STILL fucking refuses to regulate it. Karasu Aug 1 #6
AI is moving into law firms AverageOldGuy Aug 1 #7
Exactly as planned. eppur_se_muova Aug 1 #9
It's very often not a "one time investment" jmowreader Aug 1 #10
True, I was just trying to keep it short and to the point. eppur_se_muova Aug 2 #13
Think we have bigger concerns about AI angrychair Aug 2 #12
Central TX Residents; Conserve! Take Shorter Showers! AI Water Use Now 49 Billion Gallons/Yr, Will Rise 10X By 2030 hatrack Aug 2 #16
I read that ICE is recruiting riversedge Aug 2 #14
In other words, it's doing what it was invented to do. Quelle surprise. jmowreader Aug 2 #15
We are planning to just let people starve, suffer and die. Oneironaut Aug 2 #19
Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: WestMichRad Aug 2 #20
duh. travelingthrulife Aug 2 #21
Companies that are crashing for other reasons are using AI to cover the mess. hunter Aug 2 #22
Because they don't care. The Madcap Aug 3 #25
Computer Science, Analytics, etc. Xolodno Aug 2 #24
AI is the devil. Scrivener7 Aug 3 #26
It is a critical time when we need a real understanding of what's going on in the economy. Jim__ Aug 3 #28
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