Most Promising Jobs That Will Survive The AI Apocalypse

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Today, AI has penetrated and continues in as many industries as it physically can. However, the progress of AI is so drastic that practically every industry has been disrupted or can be disrupted by them via job loss. This article will discuss the most promising jobs by which artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will not be impacted. There won’t be any computer programmers or data scientists on this list! It’s a bold claim to make, but it is, in fact, possible to make perfect money without writing a single line of code.

A couple of years ago, it would have been easy to predict the most promising jobs impacted by artificial intelligence (AI). However, at that time, AI was only capable of performing tasks that required a significant amount of grunt work. But now, with a flood of advancements in machine learning and deep learning, robots can do tasks that once belonged to skilled workers. People worldwide think this is undoubtedly bad news for people who fear losing their jobs to machines. However, there’s good news hidden away in the sands of industrialisation: not all jobs will be displaced by the oncoming force of technology.

In 2030, intelligent agents and robots could eliminate as much as 30 per cent of the world’s human labour, displacing the jobs of as many as 800 million people. Although new technologies have displaced some jobs over time, technological change has always created more new jobs than eliminated ones.

Over the next decade, a new generation of ai powered intelligent machines, fueled by advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, could potentially replace many human jobs, according to a recent report from the World Economic Forum. Robotics and AI will cause a double disruption for businesses: First, the pandemic caused companies to fast-track the deployment of new technologies to slash costs, enhance productivity, and reduce their reliance on real-life people.

The World Economic Forum argues that 85 million jobs will be eliminated by 2025 due to automation, triggering fears of massive job losses. In a dire prediction, WEF said: “While some new jobs would be created as in the past, the concern is there may not be enough of these to go around, particularly as the cost of smart machines falls over time and their capabilities increase.” Management consulting giant PriceWaterhouseCoopers has echoed this sentiment:

“Computers, intelligent machines and robots seem like the future workforce. And as more and more jobs are replaced by technology, people will have less work to do and ultimately will be sustained by payments from the government,” predicts Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla.

Many jobs disappeared during the Industrial Revolution, but many new jobs were created. So, before and after the Industrial Revolution, England wasn’t a poorer place with less work. On the contrary, there was much more work, but it was different.

“Creative” jobs

A “creative” job requires imagination and inspiration. You need to be able to think outside of the box, be original, and come up with innovative ideas. Since machines don’t have this ability in the way that humans do, creative jobs won’t be done by robots anytime soon. Examples of creative jobs include artists, musicians and more.

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The creative industry is already growing and is expected to grow even faster. In addition, creativity and innovation are becoming more valued in all work areas as companies compete globally. So if you’re thinking about changing careers or going back to school for a new job that will survive an AI apocalypse (if there ever is one), consider getting a degree or certificate in art or another subject where you can use your imagination every day!

Jobs that require a high degree of human interaction

As a human, you don’t have to worry about robots that can recognise different human facial expressions and read the emotions behind them—yet. However, psychologists, counsellors, and other jobs requiring a high degree of human interaction are still safe from automation.

Even if AI did take over these jobs, it would be hard to find someone who would rather confide in a machine than another person. We are social creatures by nature. When looking for advice or insight on a particular topic, we trust people with experience and knowledge over anything else. Therefore, whenever we require counsel or guidance, the best option is always to be an actual human being.

Jobs requiring collaboration or teamwork

The positions that require collaboration or teamwork are among the most promising for the jobs that will survive the AI apocalypse. This is simple: technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and machine learning rely on one another to be effective. So while they can all perform tasks individually, they don’t always work together seamlessly. And that’s where humans come in!

One example of a job that requires collaboration or teamwork? Human resources generalists and managers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), HR professionals are responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training new employees. They also oversee employee relations programs and ensure compliance with federal labour laws and regulations. While this role has many facets, the one thing it requires above all else is collaboration—with other members of your company’s HR team and people from across departments who may need assistance with things like creating a new position description or updating an existing policy manual.

Of course, there are other positions at both small and large companies that require collaboration or teamwork—such as CEOs of startups (who need investors), CFOs (who manage budgets), and operations managers (who oversee daily business operations) to name a few examples.”

Jobs need people who can make moral decisions.

There are moral decisions to be made in every aspect of life: whether we should eat at a restaurant that doesn’t pay its employees a living wage, how much time and money to spend on an elderly relative who hates us, and even whether or not it’s fair for us to own one of those $1,000 dogs. But unfortunately, while Artificial Intelligence can handle things like diagnosing illnesses and providing legal counsel, there is no substitute for the human brain when it comes to having empathy.

The following fields all require people who can make moral decisions, which means they’re all ripe with job opportunities:

Journalism:

Will individual stories hurt people’s feelings? Is this information relevant enough to cover?

Psychology: Is this patient mentally ill or doing things to seek attention? What sort of therapy best suits is someone suffering from crippling depression and crippling narcissism?

Business/Finance: Should you sell a product that will likely kill everyone who uses it because you want a big house in the south of France? Do you want your grandchildren killing each other over the last bag of cornflour in 2086 because your industry depleted global resources so quickly that climate change became irreversible?

Decide for yourself in which field you belong.

The first thing you must do is assess your skills. Here’s a list of various tech career categories to help you decide to which field you belong:

Tech jobs that AI should not replace:

Most Software developer roles

Developer Advocate

Business analyst

Technical trainer

Technical recruiter

While companies can automate their hiring process, technical recruiting is not a task that AI could easily accomplish. Moreover, the fact that AI cannot analyse resumes or candidates’ personalities makes the job of a technical recruiter irreplaceable. Nonetheless, recruiters must constantly stay up to date on the newest trends in technology to identify top talent and successfully develop relationships with clients and candidates.

Tech jobs most likely to be replaced by AI:

Data scientist/data analyst/data engineer (replaced by machine learning)

Cybersecurity analyst (replaced by machine learning)

AI can find patterns in data and make predictions based on past experiences, which data scientists do. For example, Amazon Go stores use computer vision technology instead of cashiers. Meanwhile, cybersecurity experts are racing against software developers who use AI technologies to hack into systems created by other programmers.

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Doctors

It’s the perfect analogy because medicine is about empathy, compassion, and understanding. It may be hard to believe, but machines can perform delicate tasks like surgery more precisely than humans. Technology can also perform many diagnostic procedures with fewer errors than human doctors. But there are some things that computers can’t do: read facial expressions and body language, understand a person’s emotional state and comfort them with words, and put someone at ease during an uncomfortable situation.

This is why hospital specialists will likely survive the AI apocalypse: neurosurgeons won’t have to worry about being replaced by robots soon. The same could be said for radiologists and other doctors whose work is mainly performed behind the scenes. General practitioners and other doctors who deal with patients directly will also be safe due to the skills mentioned above; even if they don’t perform surgery or diagnose complex medical issues themselves, they provide support, advice, and guidance that technology cannot replicate.

Sports Coaches

Players are already monitored with sensors and cameras to track their performance during practice. The next step would be to analyse that information with a computer, telling the coach how to use their players most efficiently. Similarly, coaches could use algorithms to create a winning game plan based on opponents’ tendencies. But in both cases, the human coach still has to communicate these ideas effectively to their team and adapt them when needed—something AI can’t do yet but is working on.

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Customer service reps

AI can’t handle the emotional side of customer service. To be successful, customer service reps need to connect with customers emotionally. They’re responsible for building a relationship with the customer and solving their problems.

Customer service use cases are increasingly complex and dynamic. As a result, there is a need for human customer service reps to be on the front line of customer engagement—particularly in situations where AI may not provide acceptable results or when customers prefer human interaction.

Customer service reps are also the face of companies, helping customers learn about their products and services from start to finish. Reps can help customers troubleshoot problems by providing information about product features and capabilities and identifying hardware issues that could cause technical difficulties (e.g., router placement). This information-sharing process will create more opportunities for upselling additional services like phone upgrades or data plans that might increase organisation revenue streams over time if done correctly.

Journalists

People have been predicting the death of journalism for years, but it turns out that robots (and AI) are not good at investigating stories. The New York Times points out that human intelligence still largely underpinned journalism, not just reporting and writing. “While media companies and advertisers have adopted automation to help with ad sales, marketing and content distribution,” the Times writes, “it takes a human touch to write an article or produce a broadcast or video.”

Lawyers and paralegals

AI will probably never be able to understand the context. This is huge. AI can’t tell that you sound defensive when telling a story about your brother and sister-in-law because it has no concept of sibling relationships or that his wife’s always been weird to you. It would have no clue what things are common knowledge and what things need to be explained, which means that when it comes to making sense of human interaction and relationships, there will always be a place for people. AI also won’t be able to make decisions like a human without being programmed by humans first—and then only if we give it a set of rules that come from people’s moral codes.

Later on, this list will dive into how AI may never even crack the code on some jobs, so let’s look at the legal system as an example of why context matters so much. If you’re arguing a case before a judge or jury, they’re not just considering your argument in theory; they’re trying to figure out if you represent something more significant than the individual case. So, for example, a judge might think: ‘Is this person framing this crime as part of an overall pattern? Does he realise that others could repeat this crime?’ Without knowing anything about who you are and what your life is like outside of that courtroom, there’s simply no way for an AI bot to answer questions like these—which ultimately lies at the heart of every legal decision ever made by humans.”

Caretakers

Caregivers and caretakers in every field will always be needed. As the population ages, people will require more and more care they can’t provide themselves. Many professions fall under the category of caregiver: medical and health services managers, social workers, child care providers, home health aides, personal care aides and those working in nursing and residential care facilities. Caregivers won’t be replaced by technology any time soon — if ever.

People who work with children or the elderly also fall under this umbrella. While nannies may seem like an outdated term for what is essentially a babysitter or daycare teacher, there are plenty of children whose parents can afford to hire a full-time nanny to take care of them at home. And as more Americans retire, more people will need help performing daily tasks they can no longer do on their own: from feeding themselves to managing their finances.

Judges

While many legal jobs—mainly routine tasks like reviewing documents and doing legal research—will become automated in the future, judges will not. Judges interpret the law and apply it to the facts of a case to resolve disputes between parties. In other words, a judge is supposed to be able to consider all of the relevant information about your case, understand how the law applies to your situation and reach a fair outcome for everyone involved. While artificial intelligence is quickly improving, there’s no way for an algorithm or computer program to fully understand the big picture of what’s going on and make decisions that are best for all parties in the same way that a human being can (yet). Another human being can always replace a judge with legal training, but AI can’t replace one judge.

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Psychologists and Psychiatrists

As much as we’d like to believe that AI will one day be able to think, feel and have emotions the same way humans do, it is not even close to being a reality. Nevertheless, if you enter any field related to psychology or psychiatry, you can rest easy knowing that your job will still exist far into the future.

AI systems are improving at assessing people’s emotional states through small eye movements and facial expressions. Still, psychologists look at only a few factors when determining how someone feels. Psychologists must rely on several different indicators, such as posture, vocal tone and body language, to name a few. This is something that AI systems currently do not consider when assessing emotion.

On top of this, many other factors go into helping people with their psychological problems – empathy, encouragement and guidance – all of which require human connection if they are going to be effective.

While AI may help people become aware of their emotions and behaviours in new ways and even encourage them to seek help from human therapists if needed, there is no way that we can see a time when AI replaces or completely takes over for psychologists and psychiatrists. It simply does not have the capacity for empathy required for this work.

Singers and musicians

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Singing and music playing will always be where uniqueness and creativity are prized since the human brain is wired for music. While certain types of music might become formulaic, people will always be willing to push boundaries and create new styles that no one has heard. Singing is also a skill, not just a talent — anyone can learn how to sing better with practice. So while many people can sing well enough to please their friends or family, only a few have the skills to turn it into a profession.

While AI can surely help singers polish their performances by correcting pitch or helping them perfect phrasing and other musical elements in their voices, it’s unlikely that anything could replace a great singer’s unbridled passion and emotion anytime soon.

Machines may be able to create simple songs and melodies, but nothing can replace an actual person who has developed their talent for years (decades) on end. However, that’s not to say you shouldn’t be taking advantage of modern technology at every chance you get. Computers are the perfect tool for composing music, and they can also be used to enhance your performance. Just ensure you don’t let them take over completely—the audience is there to watch and hear you, not your computer!

Art Director

This is your job if you’re looking for something creative and like to use your imagination. Art directors oversee a team of artists, animators or graphic designers, but they also help create all the visual aspects of commercials, magazines and websites.

So if you’re good at imagining what things look like in your head—from virtual video game worlds to real-life products—you can make your dream come true in this field.

It’s no surprise that a job in art requires a certain amount of creativity and vision. And while a bachelor’s degree could help bolster your skills and give you a leg up on other applicants, it’s not required for this role. What is essential for an art director is about five years of experience working their way up from entry-level positions such as graphic designer or illustrator. Many art directors also have an eye for photography, which can be helpful if you want to take some of the images used in your ads or brochures yourself. Several notable photographers are also art directors!

Takeaway points: We hope these jobs will do the same for you and show you which professions are likely safe from AI disruption in the future! Hopefully, this article will better understand your job’s chances to survive despite artificial intelligence.

You’ll have to learn new skills to stay ahead of the curve. Bloomberg reports that more than 120 million workers will need retraining in the next three years due to artificial intelligence’s impact on jobs. In addition, retraining can address the perils of massive job losses.

A quick search of some on-trend job sites makes it easy to find thousands of opportunities in AI. As a society, we are headed towards an AI revolution, so I’ve compiled a list of jobs that will still be needed. Though these jobs will likely demand different skill sets and types of training, they won’t be phased out by AI anytime soon.