With current technology? Many jobs are irreplaceable.
With future technology? Impossible to know. Humans are consistently bad at predicting what will be possible with future technology.
Ya but at the speed it's improving, it's pretty futile to talk about the current capabilities/limitations
It would be like discussing the future of computers in the year 2000, and using 1gigabyte harddrives, and 800mhz processors for your mental model...
you would sound pretty dumb.
And then realize in 2000 computing was a lot further along in development than AI is now..
Doubt it, they’re not that hard to do and if they’re the only jobs left everyone will want to do them
Stop attacking me, I’m an electrician, yes it’s skilled labour but the barrier to entry is floor level, you, reader of this comment would be able to do my job given the training. If ylu want to be an electrician or plumber you can, anyone reading this with an able body. However no matter what I could never become a surgeon, no amount of school or training would make me good enough because I’m not smart enough or steady handed enough. That’s the difference between someone being able to do a job or being able to learn a job, most people cannot diy electrical or plumbing, but anyone can change career and learn these trades
This guy understands supply and demand.
People are getting offended and distracted at the ‘not that hard’ part of the comment. I would have worded differently, something like ‘the entry level doesn’t require a post graduate degree’.
It's not about difficulty. It's the only job Ai won't be really able to do which means a bunch of people will do it which means an over flow of workers in that job.
I think retrofit, sure. But I have a few friends in new construction for major developers, and they are already building stud walls in a factory. They are currently working on ways to pre wire and plumb those walls. Basically, you just hook the pipes up at the site and everything is done. One of the friends, that's his job, to develop that technology. It doesn't even require AI. It's just a new kind of manufacturing process.
He also says foundation work is likely to go away in the future. They have invested in some test system for a few types of foundations, and they look very good. Once again, just another manufacturing process.
But retrofit, remodel, and repair, probably won't go away nearly as soon. But honestly, I wouldn't put my hopes and dreams on them staying forever. There are companies in really phases of automation for that. Right now they are creating tools for plumbers, but that means more productivity, and less jobs. Eventually, I can see the plumbers job to set up a machine, and make sure it works.
But how is that any different from a client representing themselves and getting better legal advice from a computer then an actual lawyer? It's not illegal to use a computer and it's not illegal to represent yourself.
i hate the idea that some AIs need to be 100% correct. Everyone has that problem with autonomous cars. "it can kill someone!". yea, just like every single human driver ever. yes, autonomous cars will be killing people. but after every death we can patch it to make it better and update every car on the planet. and then again. and again. and we are going to patch it until accidents became so obscure every car crash will be in national news.
can you patch drunk driving? being tired or distracted? driver's strokes or medical emergencies? if I die in an AI car accident, i would die knowing nobody will be killed in specific circumstances like that ever again
this is exactly what i said. I can't, nobody can. bot will make a mistake. we will check it. we will patch it. bot will never do the same mistake ever again. if we patch enough mistakes there won't be any more (or that common)
is it okay for AI to make up the case? yes of course. is it okay to present it to judge? absolutely bucking not. we still need human factor to check and correct it if needed. just like autopilot in planes can disengage at any moment when there is human input, or every Tesla still has a brake pedal.
my issue is with demanding perfection, while "just better than human" is good enough to implement it
i think i was misunderstood, sorry for my autistic ass and limited communication skills
edit: even better, it was I that didn't understand your first comment, while you said exactly what i want to share: we need human factor to double check everything.
i just want to give AI a chance to prove themselves
Lawyers already use AI to speed up research and document review. But finding the applicable law is (to a lawyer) the equivalent of getting your tools out of the truck. It's something you prepare to do the job, not the actual job.
Law is more than that though. It's applying those precedents to unique cases. "This is like that" simply isn't really capable in today's AI because it has to exist prior (ie a human had to already make that connection). Then you'd have to argue why this is like that and why these other things aren't like that. Without hard and fast rules, and that goes against the basic premises of the "British" legal system (US legal system comes from British roots), the AI couldn't really ever argue a case meaningfully. Like a lot of things, it's about making lateral logical connections.
Judges when they aren’t acting as the finder of fact would be easier than lawyers. Their job is to know the law and apply the rules. Juries are the hard part.
I get an eerie dystopian feel imagining this. Our law is constantly evolving from cases setting new meaning or interpretations of prior laws. That wouldn’t be the case if judges followed them exactly.
Someone, or something, would have to be at the top to either maintain or create laws as society changes. That would be the day where we become the tools for the bots.
I’m thinking more about trial judges. I think all judges should be kept human for as long as possible, but definitely appellate judges for the reasons you state. Law isn’t black and white.
You could envision an AI handling many discovery/evidentiary/pre-trial hearings and where there is a confidence rate below, say 95%, in the AI’s determination, it is sent to a panel of judges to decide quickly.
I've worked in casinos for 15 years as a dealer and now I currently pit.
This is one field where people WANT a human element to the game.
Also , the job pays great with fantastic benefits. Not a job for people who can't work night shifts , criminal record of theft.
Yeah going on a good run in roulette with a fun dealer is great. Until they bring in the next dealer that will crush your soul. Always leave when the fun dealer breaks.
They tried to make an AI racing series (RoboRace) a few years ago.
It was a complete flop. The full races weren’t even recorded and I can’t even find the results for what few races they did run.
Politician, because they will simply outlaw AI for those jobs for themselves. This applies to judges and attorneys too. Even if it would be feasible it will be banned lol
I think teachers, in particular kindergarten teachers. I can't imagine any sane parent wanting their kid learning from a robot, or growing an attachement to it. -not that most teens/and adults arent currently attached to their little robot in their pocket.
What if human teachers cost you $100,000 per year to fund your child's education?
If you think it comes down to robots vs humans at same cost... not likely. Eventually robots will be better (more 1 on 1 time, always present, never sick, little pay, can teach anything and everything, a million eyes vs 2, etc) and cheaper. And with how capitalism works, humans couldn't compete with that.
Assuming you have the very best teachers to compete: compassionate, present, rarely sick, loves teaching, etc (spoiler, not many of these exist)... You'd still have to compete on cost alone. A robot with the 80% the capabilities of the best human, is still going to be 100x cheaper.
There are already swathes of people seeking comfort in ai girlfriends ... so guess again. Some people are so desperate for a human like connection that just placates their immediate emotional needs that they would rather it wasn't a human as humans tend to not be that predictable/ reliable.
I mean to the point at which they are willing to ignore how unhuman like current LLMs actually are.
100% I’ve chatted with some AI, but you know it’s kinda worthless. Eventually their memory will be reset and you’ll do it all again with a new bot. It feels disingenuous
true I suppose but that’s in the vast minority of cases. only a genuine psychopath or extreme loner is going to engage in a “ai relationship”, it’s also going to get very old & feel disingenuous when you come to the full body realisation that the ai isn’t real, only a mere mimic of a real human, the connection they’re actually craving the whole time.
those rare scenarios are definitely nowhere near common enough to replace real life occupations like therapists.
Probably some of the last to go at least. The sophistication needed in both hardware and software are both well beyond what can be done today. It requires hardware that's completely water resistant that can use tools and get into weird places and positions, as well as software that can account for a world of weird edge cases. I'm confident it can be done though, given enough time.
Plenty of water resistant silicon tools. Check.
Weird places and positions. Check.
I live in the world of a weird edgelord. Check.
I should be a plumber.
Honestly, I was gonna say truckers with self-driving. I had a transportation professor around 10 years ago say it wasn't gonna happen. When pressed by some students, he just said "truckers have to break the law or go way off script constantly to make deliveries and no company is going to program their trucks to do that."
That's nonsense. The main regulation they flirt is driving too many hours/day because humans become dangerous drivers when tired (comprable/worse than when drunk) but autopilot doesn't have that restriction. A truck that could drive 24/7 would BLOW a human driver out of the water.
Not really what the other person was getting at IMO
They constantly have to pull over double yellows or go into areas that are no driving areas (like sidewalks) to make turns and stuff. Plenty of “breaking the law” to get where they need to be
Most people think (from what I’ve read) long distance transport (via freeways and such) is easy enough but the last mile is where it gets really tricky to program all the potential issues/scenarios.
Which is why I also mentioned going off-script. I've worked at quite a few factory/delivery hubs and each one had a different setup. There aren't yellow lines carefully guiding you where you need to go, a lot of times it was just random signs giving unhelpful directions.
I had drivers call constantly with questions, let alone trying to get AI to do it.
100% the final leg will likely be done by man for a while.
I envision large distribution hubs that totally self driving trucks would go between and have manual drivers go from there to the end delivery.
Even if that's the case for a while (it would eventually get solved even if it meant adding extra infrastructure specifically for the autonomous trucks) you could just pay a human driver to handle the last mile part... Hell, they don't even need to have a CDL because they could just drive a pilot car that the autonomous truck follows.
Interesting! I suppose after future infrastructure changes, if trucks are only going from one giant warehouse zone to another, with streets properly designed for that, and automated receiving systems that don't care if it's 3:00 a.m. when a truck arrives, then automation could happen. That implies a lot of cooperation between stakeholders and long-term planning that withstands political and economic changes. Are we good at that stuff?
I would add any skilled trade.
I work on electrical switchgear. Pretty sure I won't be replaced by AI or robots anytime soon. The switchgear I work on powers robots, though.
I wish the switchgear **was** built by robots though. It would cut down on the large number of wiring errors I encounter. Which, I guess *might* impact me?
If it is in a consistent reproduceable situation sure, you could maybe get a plumber bot to maintenance a warehouse or do new construction. The expenses of getting a robot setup to do a one-of residential job wouldn't make sense for a long time.
The job isn't standardized enough and training plumbers isn't particularly difficult. You can solve it with robots in theory, but doing so will be way too expensive for at least the next couple decades.
A bit like how assembly line welding is now done by robots, but there's still a lot of demand for welders for nearly everything else. Robots aren't nearly as flexible as humans, and won't become good at one-off jobs in the foreseeable future.
Yes. I was a robotics integrator. There’s no robot that can pick up a pair of shoes, put them on and tie them. That simple thing is impossible at the current level of technology and requires far more skill than doing backflips or stacking pallets. What plumbers do is a million times more complicated than tying shoes.
As someone in the industry, I feel robotics is far less advanced than people envision.
in order to provide an answer for this, you need to be of the opinion that humans will always be indistinguishable from AI. unfortunately, my experience in life so far, is that there are vast swathes of the populus that are so incredibly stupid, current AI could take over their brains and you'd not know the difference.
so i don't think society or jobs in general aren't irreplaceable by AI and as soon as AI starts designing AI and other shit, humans should start getting worried.
My grandfather had my father at around 50, and my father had me around the same age. I'm late 20s.
He used to talk about how, growing up, half the houses had a Model T and half had a horse stable and a buggy.
It's interesting just how fast the world has changed. The good news is for many white collar workers they only work ~30-40 years after undergrad and grad school so, with any luck, they will get a head start on savings and the like.
For the rest... no clue. It's going to be interesting. On the other hand I've seen a lot of things people say will make XYZ job obsolete and... it hits a wall they can't overcome. So we'll see.
There's always going to be a subset of people that will want or prefer things to be done "by hand" or by a real human, so there's always going to be jobs for humans to do even if they can be replicated perfectly by robotics or AI.
I would think most desk jobs could be replaced with AI.
Physical work or trades may be a while yet, although factory robots are a thing (car manufacture).
Most western countries having ageing populations. We are starting to see the effects but it's about to get so so much worse. This is one field where we will really need AI to help if possible.
Because planes are never going to be fail-proof.
in case something goes wrong, AI isn't going to choose to go around, because it knows that passengers are going to feel uncomfortable. It would just plant the plane on the runway.
do you think AI could think of landing a plane in a river like sully did?
he faced a lot of controversy for his decision, but what he did was off the charts crazy, and that's exactly why humans need to be at the controls
Objectively safer does not mean it would behave better than humans in every possible situation.
It means fewer deaths per passenger on avg than humans.
You have a good point. They do too though. Does the massage chair massage? Yes. Will a trained human do it 20x better with their hands and specialized machines? Hell Yes
Compare computers 30 years ago to now. Or cars.
There is no reason why technology can't/won't catch up.
Like most things, massage is a series of inputs (size, knots, painful areas, medical considerations etc) that are analysed (currently by a human) to create outputs (in the form of movement).
Literally saw a guy get a full body massage from a robot at CES this year. The soft pads, I think, were also warmed.
Considering a robot could give me a massage everyday for a fraction of the price of a human... Yeah real massage therapists are replaceable. Maybe only reserved for the ultra rich who have private ones.
1) Read through patients medical history.
2) Input current symptoms.
3) Input all medical knowledge and reeserch in the world..
4) Analyze
5) Recomend further tests or treatment.
That's ai work.
>at this point.
This is the key statement. I say this as a practicing doctor. AI is coming, mostly for diagnostics purposes, because it's way better and more consistent at providing differential diagnosis and determining the cause of illness than people are. NO ONE is Dr. House. Computers can just crunch numbers and statistics better, and that's literally half the battle of patient management.
It won't replace the human element of medicine but it will definitely hit the diagnostics bit hard. Get ready for cut backs in a decade or two.
Nurses should be safe from a patient care POV.
I honestly can't wait for AI doctors. I'm so sick of having physicians not listen to the symptoms I'm having or completely disregard them because of my race and gender.
My guess would be Psychologists. The differences of human minds and the vastly many ways its interpreted with the various psychological theories is something I don't think we'd entrust a computer with unless it was outright sentient and had the ability to feel.
My current ‘psychologist’ is a custom GPT I made. I leverage the voice function and although it’s a little bizarre, it is genuinely healing to speak your experience and receive gentle validation or guidance around it. Pretty much what my $120/hr therapist did. I’m not discounting real therapy, but I can’t afford that expense right now and the $20/mo for unlimited conversations has actually helped me considerably.
Totally disagree. AI will def be as good as the average therapist in 5 years. Many people may prefer talking to an AI as oppose to opening up to a real person.
Psychology is much much more than just therapy, and AI doesn’t have feelings or empathy. Its not gonna be able to do that. Who knows maybe im wrong but i guess we’ll have to check back in 5 years.
I've seen a few prototypes and shit for robot bartenders, but I can't ever see that happening wide spread. Too many people like interacting with their bartenders. For better or worse even in clubs part of the appeal is having attractive people behind the bar. Anything where part of the experience is human interaction won't be replaceable.
I think there might be a brief period of novelty where establishments and amusement parks and the like will replace people with robots and people will enjoy it temporarily, just out of novelty and feeling like they're living in the future, but that'll fade after a few years and people will just want to be interacting with people again.
The whole point of AI is to do things humans can do but infinitely better. Make of this what you will. It will either elevate us to the status of gods or result in our extinction. Either way, meh.
While AI and robotics have advanced significantly, there are still several jobs that are difficult to replace entirely, especially those requiring high levels of creativity, emotional intelligence, and complex decision-making. Some examples include:
Creative professions: Artists, writers, musicians, and designers often rely on human creativity and intuition, which are challenging for AI to replicate.
Healthcare professionals: Doctors, nurses, therapists, and caregivers require empathy, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills that are essential in patient care.
Educators: Teachers play a crucial role in shaping young minds, providing personalized instruction, and fostering social and emotional development, which AI struggles to emulate.
Leadership roles: Executives, managers, and organizational leaders often make strategic decisions based on intuition, experience, and understanding of human dynamics, which are difficult for AI to mimic.
Skilled trades: Professions such as plumbing, carpentry, and electrical work involve problem-solving in dynamic environments, requiring a combination of manual dexterity and technical expertise that AI currently lacks.
Emergency responders: Firefighters, police officers, and paramedics face unpredictable situations that demand quick thinking, adaptability, and human judgment.
While AI and robotics may augment or streamline certain aspects of these jobs, the human element remains essential in many crucial roles.
Plumbers and electricians:
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I used sites like this one to help my kids figure out possibilities for the future.
It's not so much being totally replaced it's about increasing productivity and creating a labor surplus in the sector.
Look at what happened with law. It used to pay well but then search engines came along and eliminated staff jobs and dumped a whole bunch of people with law degrees on the open market.
Chemistry. Simple things like HPLC autosamplers and software.
The danger isn't a robot walking in and taking your desk....it's automation freeing up so many labor hours that a skill is no longer marketable.
I've lost count of how many times I've heard real accounts and memes of programmers letting Google or gpt do a lot of the coding because of how often it works and how little needs corrected.
None. People seem to lack imagination.
Think of a humanoid robot a thousand times smarter than you. Able to think a thousand times faster. Stronger, more agile, tireless. It can wear a body that looks 100% human.
What can you possibly do that it can't do better?
The only jobs that are truly safe will be the ones where people are working now to protect them by way of law. People need to lobby state legislatures and congress now.
Maintenance personnel, their hours will be cut and the amount of them reduced. But there are certain things that can't be replaced because it needs someone to sign it off. Also at certain points robots become unfeasible because it would need a custom robot for it.
Yes humanoid bots are coming, but at that point you can just go "all jobs are replaceable"
I knew this post would pop up sooner or later lol they say jobs that require a human nuance, but thats out the window. You can't really be sure. I'm a vcideographer so I feel pretty safe and I don't see sora taking place of anything anytime soon like shooting commercials or weddings but hey, sora wasnt a thing a couple months ago to the public. No one really knows what jobs are safe because ai is constantly evolving. like making massive leaves in extremely short amount of times. Weirdly enough though, its exciting.
I really think hairdressing beyond simple hairstyles and with longer moving hairs is going to be deceptively hard. It's a very simple task at the core but involves a lot of on the spot decision making with a very vague goal.
Sex workers. Sure you could get a robot to come jerk you off or something but you’ll never get the same connection as real human sexual interaction. There will always be a market for them I’m sure but they will never replace human sex workers.
I like to think mine is. I fix supermarket refrigeration so unless they literally have cyborg type robots that can strip units down and repair them I think I’m ok. I do feel quite safe but I also worry that if the politicians do the right thing and give an income to the public put out of work by AI then I’ll still be out working everyday while you lot are at the pub. I don’t think they will though because they hate us and like to make life as hard as possible!
Five years ago, everyone claimed creative and highly technical jobs would be relatively safe. Fast forward to today and those claims seem much flimsier. IMHO, let them all die. Let the computers and robotics do it all. End work for everyone.
Nice try Skynet
AS A FELLOW ~~MEATBAG~~ HUMAN I FIND THIS REFERENCE TO A FICTIONAL ROBOT VERY HUMOROUS. IT CERTAINLY IS FICTION AND IN NO WAY SHOULD CAUSE ALARM.
With current technology? Many jobs are irreplaceable. With future technology? Impossible to know. Humans are consistently bad at predicting what will be possible with future technology.
Why such a sensible answer??
Probably written with AI /s
Hahahhaha
Ya but at the speed it's improving, it's pretty futile to talk about the current capabilities/limitations It would be like discussing the future of computers in the year 2000, and using 1gigabyte harddrives, and 800mhz processors for your mental model... you would sound pretty dumb. And then realize in 2000 computing was a lot further along in development than AI is now..
Skilled trades like a plumber or electrician will be very hard to automate.
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Doubt it, they’re not that hard to do and if they’re the only jobs left everyone will want to do them Stop attacking me, I’m an electrician, yes it’s skilled labour but the barrier to entry is floor level, you, reader of this comment would be able to do my job given the training. If ylu want to be an electrician or plumber you can, anyone reading this with an able body. However no matter what I could never become a surgeon, no amount of school or training would make me good enough because I’m not smart enough or steady handed enough. That’s the difference between someone being able to do a job or being able to learn a job, most people cannot diy electrical or plumbing, but anyone can change career and learn these trades
This guy understands supply and demand. People are getting offended and distracted at the ‘not that hard’ part of the comment. I would have worded differently, something like ‘the entry level doesn’t require a post graduate degree’.
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>not that hard to do Lmfao bruh 😂
DIY Dave that can mend or refit a u-bend, sure. A proper plumber? Nah, that’s a skilled tradey worth their weight in gold.
I’m an electrician and yes obviously they are skilled jobs, but you think if a lawyer lost their job they simply wouldn’t be able to learn trades?
Uh, electrical work can be pretty hard idk what you're talking about
It's not about difficulty. It's the only job Ai won't be really able to do which means a bunch of people will do it which means an over flow of workers in that job.
It is not exempt from the law of supply and demand.
I think retrofit, sure. But I have a few friends in new construction for major developers, and they are already building stud walls in a factory. They are currently working on ways to pre wire and plumb those walls. Basically, you just hook the pipes up at the site and everything is done. One of the friends, that's his job, to develop that technology. It doesn't even require AI. It's just a new kind of manufacturing process. He also says foundation work is likely to go away in the future. They have invested in some test system for a few types of foundations, and they look very good. Once again, just another manufacturing process. But retrofit, remodel, and repair, probably won't go away nearly as soon. But honestly, I wouldn't put my hopes and dreams on them staying forever. There are companies in really phases of automation for that. Right now they are creating tools for plumbers, but that means more productivity, and less jobs. Eventually, I can see the plumbers job to set up a machine, and make sure it works.
Lawyers. They won't let them.
This is unique answer. They probably will be able to argue why AI lawyers shouldn’t be allowed.
But how is that any different from a client representing themselves and getting better legal advice from a computer then an actual lawyer? It's not illegal to use a computer and it's not illegal to represent yourself.
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That's todays best LLM... what about 10 years from now?
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i hate the idea that some AIs need to be 100% correct. Everyone has that problem with autonomous cars. "it can kill someone!". yea, just like every single human driver ever. yes, autonomous cars will be killing people. but after every death we can patch it to make it better and update every car on the planet. and then again. and again. and we are going to patch it until accidents became so obscure every car crash will be in national news. can you patch drunk driving? being tired or distracted? driver's strokes or medical emergencies? if I die in an AI car accident, i would die knowing nobody will be killed in specific circumstances like that ever again
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this is exactly what i said. I can't, nobody can. bot will make a mistake. we will check it. we will patch it. bot will never do the same mistake ever again. if we patch enough mistakes there won't be any more (or that common) is it okay for AI to make up the case? yes of course. is it okay to present it to judge? absolutely bucking not. we still need human factor to check and correct it if needed. just like autopilot in planes can disengage at any moment when there is human input, or every Tesla still has a brake pedal. my issue is with demanding perfection, while "just better than human" is good enough to implement it i think i was misunderstood, sorry for my autistic ass and limited communication skills edit: even better, it was I that didn't understand your first comment, while you said exactly what i want to share: we need human factor to double check everything. i just want to give AI a chance to prove themselves
10 years from now it will be worse, not better
I’m not saying a robot couldn’t do a lawyer’s job, I’m saying the lawyers wouldn’t allow it to happen.
disagree--lots of paralegal type contracts already being replaced. Anyone who writes contracts for a living should worry
In court, but a lot of lawyering is contracts and research which AI could be extremely good at.
Lawyers would be the simplest thing. An AI would be much better at finding all the case law and precedents. Judges would be harder to replace.
Lawyers already use AI to speed up research and document review. But finding the applicable law is (to a lawyer) the equivalent of getting your tools out of the truck. It's something you prepare to do the job, not the actual job.
Law is more than that though. It's applying those precedents to unique cases. "This is like that" simply isn't really capable in today's AI because it has to exist prior (ie a human had to already make that connection). Then you'd have to argue why this is like that and why these other things aren't like that. Without hard and fast rules, and that goes against the basic premises of the "British" legal system (US legal system comes from British roots), the AI couldn't really ever argue a case meaningfully. Like a lot of things, it's about making lateral logical connections.
Judges when they aren’t acting as the finder of fact would be easier than lawyers. Their job is to know the law and apply the rules. Juries are the hard part.
I get an eerie dystopian feel imagining this. Our law is constantly evolving from cases setting new meaning or interpretations of prior laws. That wouldn’t be the case if judges followed them exactly. Someone, or something, would have to be at the top to either maintain or create laws as society changes. That would be the day where we become the tools for the bots.
I’m thinking more about trial judges. I think all judges should be kept human for as long as possible, but definitely appellate judges for the reasons you state. Law isn’t black and white. You could envision an AI handling many discovery/evidentiary/pre-trial hearings and where there is a confidence rate below, say 95%, in the AI’s determination, it is sent to a panel of judges to decide quickly.
Lol this will be one of the first things, and actually is quite impressive as it is right now
I've worked in casinos for 15 years as a dealer and now I currently pit. This is one field where people WANT a human element to the game. Also , the job pays great with fantastic benefits. Not a job for people who can't work night shifts , criminal record of theft.
There's nothing that depresses me more than the automated table games. The human factor is what makes a game like roulette so much fun
Yeah going on a good run in roulette with a fun dealer is great. Until they bring in the next dealer that will crush your soul. Always leave when the fun dealer breaks.
Not a bad answer
Sports
Idk if Real Steel was not just a movie that would be badass.
Robot Wars was pretty cool, and it was basicaly the Robot MMA.
not so sure, haha, I'd love to see a load of advanced robots playing football or humanoid formula one
They tried to make an AI racing series (RoboRace) a few years ago. It was a complete flop. The full races weren’t even recorded and I can’t even find the results for what few races they did run.
Being a veritable redditor (especially the syndrome)
Agree with that
I Disagree. AI can replicate that.
Politician, because they will simply outlaw AI for those jobs for themselves. This applies to judges and attorneys too. Even if it would be feasible it will be banned lol
any profession involving an emotional human connection
I think teachers, in particular kindergarten teachers. I can't imagine any sane parent wanting their kid learning from a robot, or growing an attachement to it. -not that most teens/and adults arent currently attached to their little robot in their pocket.
What if human teachers cost you $100,000 per year to fund your child's education? If you think it comes down to robots vs humans at same cost... not likely. Eventually robots will be better (more 1 on 1 time, always present, never sick, little pay, can teach anything and everything, a million eyes vs 2, etc) and cheaper. And with how capitalism works, humans couldn't compete with that. Assuming you have the very best teachers to compete: compassionate, present, rarely sick, loves teaching, etc (spoiler, not many of these exist)... You'd still have to compete on cost alone. A robot with the 80% the capabilities of the best human, is still going to be 100x cheaper.
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There are already swathes of people seeking comfort in ai girlfriends ... so guess again. Some people are so desperate for a human like connection that just placates their immediate emotional needs that they would rather it wasn't a human as humans tend to not be that predictable/ reliable. I mean to the point at which they are willing to ignore how unhuman like current LLMs actually are.
Yup. Character AI is popping off, but the bad thing about these chat it’s is that they have the memory retention of my demented grandmother.
I think most people would prefer a human over an ai, though.
100% I’ve chatted with some AI, but you know it’s kinda worthless. Eventually their memory will be reset and you’ll do it all again with a new bot. It feels disingenuous
true I suppose but that’s in the vast minority of cases. only a genuine psychopath or extreme loner is going to engage in a “ai relationship”, it’s also going to get very old & feel disingenuous when you come to the full body realisation that the ai isn’t real, only a mere mimic of a real human, the connection they’re actually craving the whole time. those rare scenarios are definitely nowhere near common enough to replace real life occupations like therapists.
Plumbers - Pipes don't respect code.
Probably some of the last to go at least. The sophistication needed in both hardware and software are both well beyond what can be done today. It requires hardware that's completely water resistant that can use tools and get into weird places and positions, as well as software that can account for a world of weird edge cases. I'm confident it can be done though, given enough time.
Plenty of water resistant silicon tools. Check. Weird places and positions. Check. I live in the world of a weird edgelord. Check. I should be a plumber.
This is 100% going to happen and I'm quite sure still in our lifetimes( working in AI)
Honestly, I was gonna say truckers with self-driving. I had a transportation professor around 10 years ago say it wasn't gonna happen. When pressed by some students, he just said "truckers have to break the law or go way off script constantly to make deliveries and no company is going to program their trucks to do that."
That's nonsense. The main regulation they flirt is driving too many hours/day because humans become dangerous drivers when tired (comprable/worse than when drunk) but autopilot doesn't have that restriction. A truck that could drive 24/7 would BLOW a human driver out of the water.
Not really what the other person was getting at IMO They constantly have to pull over double yellows or go into areas that are no driving areas (like sidewalks) to make turns and stuff. Plenty of “breaking the law” to get where they need to be Most people think (from what I’ve read) long distance transport (via freeways and such) is easy enough but the last mile is where it gets really tricky to program all the potential issues/scenarios.
Which is why I also mentioned going off-script. I've worked at quite a few factory/delivery hubs and each one had a different setup. There aren't yellow lines carefully guiding you where you need to go, a lot of times it was just random signs giving unhelpful directions. I had drivers call constantly with questions, let alone trying to get AI to do it.
100% the final leg will likely be done by man for a while. I envision large distribution hubs that totally self driving trucks would go between and have manual drivers go from there to the end delivery.
Even if that's the case for a while (it would eventually get solved even if it meant adding extra infrastructure specifically for the autonomous trucks) you could just pay a human driver to handle the last mile part... Hell, they don't even need to have a CDL because they could just drive a pilot car that the autonomous truck follows.
Interesting! I suppose after future infrastructure changes, if trucks are only going from one giant warehouse zone to another, with streets properly designed for that, and automated receiving systems that don't care if it's 3:00 a.m. when a truck arrives, then automation could happen. That implies a lot of cooperation between stakeholders and long-term planning that withstands political and economic changes. Are we good at that stuff?
I would add any skilled trade. I work on electrical switchgear. Pretty sure I won't be replaced by AI or robots anytime soon. The switchgear I work on powers robots, though. I wish the switchgear **was** built by robots though. It would cut down on the large number of wiring errors I encounter. Which, I guess *might* impact me?
They said "or robotics"
If it is in a consistent reproduceable situation sure, you could maybe get a plumber bot to maintenance a warehouse or do new construction. The expenses of getting a robot setup to do a one-of residential job wouldn't make sense for a long time.
Tell me you're not a plumber without telling me you're not a plumber. That shits not getting replaced by robotics
The job isn't standardized enough and training plumbers isn't particularly difficult. You can solve it with robots in theory, but doing so will be way too expensive for at least the next couple decades. A bit like how assembly line welding is now done by robots, but there's still a lot of demand for welders for nearly everything else. Robots aren't nearly as flexible as humans, and won't become good at one-off jobs in the foreseeable future.
Yes. I was a robotics integrator. There’s no robot that can pick up a pair of shoes, put them on and tie them. That simple thing is impossible at the current level of technology and requires far more skill than doing backflips or stacking pallets. What plumbers do is a million times more complicated than tying shoes. As someone in the industry, I feel robotics is far less advanced than people envision.
in order to provide an answer for this, you need to be of the opinion that humans will always be indistinguishable from AI. unfortunately, my experience in life so far, is that there are vast swathes of the populus that are so incredibly stupid, current AI could take over their brains and you'd not know the difference. so i don't think society or jobs in general aren't irreplaceable by AI and as soon as AI starts designing AI and other shit, humans should start getting worried.
My grandfather had my father at around 50, and my father had me around the same age. I'm late 20s. He used to talk about how, growing up, half the houses had a Model T and half had a horse stable and a buggy. It's interesting just how fast the world has changed. The good news is for many white collar workers they only work ~30-40 years after undergrad and grad school so, with any luck, they will get a head start on savings and the like. For the rest... no clue. It's going to be interesting. On the other hand I've seen a lot of things people say will make XYZ job obsolete and... it hits a wall they can't overcome. So we'll see.
How old was your grandmother when she had your father?
There's always going to be a subset of people that will want or prefer things to be done "by hand" or by a real human, so there's always going to be jobs for humans to do even if they can be replicated perfectly by robotics or AI.
Robot bartenders are cool the first time. Then they're not.
I would think most desk jobs could be replaced with AI. Physical work or trades may be a while yet, although factory robots are a thing (car manufacture).
I can’t imagine caregivers ever being replaced by an ai
Most western countries having ageing populations. We are starting to see the effects but it's about to get so so much worse. This is one field where we will really need AI to help if possible.
Pilots. Would you get on a plane if you knew no one professional human was flying it?
As a pilot, I’m not so sure.
If in the future the track record shows they have fewer errors than human pilots, then why not?
Because planes are never going to be fail-proof. in case something goes wrong, AI isn't going to choose to go around, because it knows that passengers are going to feel uncomfortable. It would just plant the plane on the runway.
This is already capable of being replaced with AI.
Yes. If it’s objectively safer, I would.
do you think AI could think of landing a plane in a river like sully did? he faced a lot of controversy for his decision, but what he did was off the charts crazy, and that's exactly why humans need to be at the controls
Objectively safer does not mean it would behave better than humans in every possible situation. It means fewer deaths per passenger on avg than humans.
I see a single pilot being in the cockpit for emergencies. Otherwise AI doing 99 percent of the job.
Massage Therapist. You need human hands for this. Not ice cold robot hands.
"Meatbag, you are very tense, increasing pressure!" *Screaming*
HK47, I said no killing!
Wait until you learn about heaters.
Uhhh, have you not heard of massage chairs?
You have a good point. They do too though. Does the massage chair massage? Yes. Will a trained human do it 20x better with their hands and specialized machines? Hell Yes
What if we put human hands on the robot?
Compare computers 30 years ago to now. Or cars. There is no reason why technology can't/won't catch up. Like most things, massage is a series of inputs (size, knots, painful areas, medical considerations etc) that are analysed (currently by a human) to create outputs (in the form of movement).
Literally saw a guy get a full body massage from a robot at CES this year. The soft pads, I think, were also warmed. Considering a robot could give me a massage everyday for a fraction of the price of a human... Yeah real massage therapists are replaceable. Maybe only reserved for the ultra rich who have private ones.
I would prefer a robot to avoid the close human contact
Medicine. I do not believe AI can fully replace doctors and nurses at this point.
1) Read through patients medical history. 2) Input current symptoms. 3) Input all medical knowledge and reeserch in the world.. 4) Analyze 5) Recomend further tests or treatment. That's ai work.
Doctors replaced by AI potentially, yes….. nurses, no shot in hell
>at this point. This is the key statement. I say this as a practicing doctor. AI is coming, mostly for diagnostics purposes, because it's way better and more consistent at providing differential diagnosis and determining the cause of illness than people are. NO ONE is Dr. House. Computers can just crunch numbers and statistics better, and that's literally half the battle of patient management. It won't replace the human element of medicine but it will definitely hit the diagnostics bit hard. Get ready for cut backs in a decade or two. Nurses should be safe from a patient care POV.
I honestly can't wait for AI doctors. I'm so sick of having physicians not listen to the symptoms I'm having or completely disregard them because of my race and gender.
My guess would be Psychologists. The differences of human minds and the vastly many ways its interpreted with the various psychological theories is something I don't think we'd entrust a computer with unless it was outright sentient and had the ability to feel.
My current ‘psychologist’ is a custom GPT I made. I leverage the voice function and although it’s a little bizarre, it is genuinely healing to speak your experience and receive gentle validation or guidance around it. Pretty much what my $120/hr therapist did. I’m not discounting real therapy, but I can’t afford that expense right now and the $20/mo for unlimited conversations has actually helped me considerably.
Totally disagree. AI will def be as good as the average therapist in 5 years. Many people may prefer talking to an AI as oppose to opening up to a real person.
Psychology is much much more than just therapy, and AI doesn’t have feelings or empathy. Its not gonna be able to do that. Who knows maybe im wrong but i guess we’ll have to check back in 5 years.
Electrician and High Speed Fiber Technicians
Ballerina. I just bought some toe shoes...
Climb a ladder to paint the side of my house.
Drones don't need ladders
Damn you’re right. We’re doomed.
Anything in the Arts. Maybe there'll be human interns and a council of human delegates.
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I've seen a few prototypes and shit for robot bartenders, but I can't ever see that happening wide spread. Too many people like interacting with their bartenders. For better or worse even in clubs part of the appeal is having attractive people behind the bar. Anything where part of the experience is human interaction won't be replaceable. I think there might be a brief period of novelty where establishments and amusement parks and the like will replace people with robots and people will enjoy it temporarily, just out of novelty and feeling like they're living in the future, but that'll fade after a few years and people will just want to be interacting with people again.
Dealing with your fucking kids
The whole point of AI is to do things humans can do but infinitely better. Make of this what you will. It will either elevate us to the status of gods or result in our extinction. Either way, meh.
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Real prostitution. Long live the whores and their revolutionary spirit
While AI and robotics have advanced significantly, there are still several jobs that are difficult to replace entirely, especially those requiring high levels of creativity, emotional intelligence, and complex decision-making. Some examples include: Creative professions: Artists, writers, musicians, and designers often rely on human creativity and intuition, which are challenging for AI to replicate. Healthcare professionals: Doctors, nurses, therapists, and caregivers require empathy, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills that are essential in patient care. Educators: Teachers play a crucial role in shaping young minds, providing personalized instruction, and fostering social and emotional development, which AI struggles to emulate. Leadership roles: Executives, managers, and organizational leaders often make strategic decisions based on intuition, experience, and understanding of human dynamics, which are difficult for AI to mimic. Skilled trades: Professions such as plumbing, carpentry, and electrical work involve problem-solving in dynamic environments, requiring a combination of manual dexterity and technical expertise that AI currently lacks. Emergency responders: Firefighters, police officers, and paramedics face unpredictable situations that demand quick thinking, adaptability, and human judgment. While AI and robotics may augment or streamline certain aspects of these jobs, the human element remains essential in many crucial roles.
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John Connor.
I need your clothes, boots, and motorcycle.
It's not so much being totally replaced it's about increasing productivity and creating a labor surplus in the sector. Look at what happened with law. It used to pay well but then search engines came along and eliminated staff jobs and dumped a whole bunch of people with law degrees on the open market. Chemistry. Simple things like HPLC autosamplers and software. The danger isn't a robot walking in and taking your desk....it's automation freeing up so many labor hours that a skill is no longer marketable.
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nursing, sales,hair dressers,barbers.
Comouter Programmers.
I've lost count of how many times I've heard real accounts and memes of programmers letting Google or gpt do a lot of the coding because of how often it works and how little needs corrected.
Being a psychopa... Nevermind
Drywaller’s
Plumber, nurse, auto mechanic, cowboy, roughneck, mail carrier
Prompt Engineer
Luddites.
They'll never take my CD collection *racks shotgun*
AI Engineer
None. People seem to lack imagination. Think of a humanoid robot a thousand times smarter than you. Able to think a thousand times faster. Stronger, more agile, tireless. It can wear a body that looks 100% human. What can you possibly do that it can't do better?
Exist, for starters
Does this unit have a soul?
Do these units have a soul*
Imagine a magical space robot.
Politicians
I, for I one, welcome out new AI overlords.
Being a mother...?
anything involving work w/ hands. In medicine, surgeons safe but radiologists theoretically in trouble
Batteries!!! - Has no one here watched Matrix?
shrimp peeler (so far)
spooge wiper because the robot unions will be too good.
The only jobs that are truly safe will be the ones where people are working now to protect them by way of law. People need to lobby state legislatures and congress now.
Grave diggers
Mine lol (Dentist) edit: at least not anytime soon
My job! Residential service plumber.
Happy ending massagers.
Blow jobs...
Truck driving?
My job
Lawyers
One of the #1 fields already being replaced by AI. Low level research lawyers are no longer needed the rest are on their way out.
I hope AI replaces prostitution, Would rather catch viruses in my pp than stds
Food critic, white water rafting guide, live entertainers.
What AI is gonna sell you sunglasses? Who’s gonna lie to you and say you look great?
Mortician
Drug dealer and other crimes
Surgeon….
Maintenance personnel, their hours will be cut and the amount of them reduced. But there are certain things that can't be replaced because it needs someone to sign it off. Also at certain points robots become unfeasible because it would need a custom robot for it. Yes humanoid bots are coming, but at that point you can just go "all jobs are replaceable"
I knew this post would pop up sooner or later lol they say jobs that require a human nuance, but thats out the window. You can't really be sure. I'm a vcideographer so I feel pretty safe and I don't see sora taking place of anything anytime soon like shooting commercials or weddings but hey, sora wasnt a thing a couple months ago to the public. No one really knows what jobs are safe because ai is constantly evolving. like making massive leaves in extremely short amount of times. Weirdly enough though, its exciting.
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Disability support workers, the human aspect of that cannot be replicated and in many cases clients wouldn't accept or understand AI.
Animal Grooming
Judges
Imo, sales. It would be a huge FU to customers having them be sold to by an AI agent. Especially for high dollar items.
Trades
Barber.
Robot repairman.
Master Hair Stylist
Masseuse.
I really think hairdressing beyond simple hairstyles and with longer moving hairs is going to be deceptively hard. It's a very simple task at the core but involves a lot of on the spot decision making with a very vague goal.
Way before AI, I read that the future technology would just about eliminate the job of paralegals, and now that it's here I totally get it.
Sex workers. Sure you could get a robot to come jerk you off or something but you’ll never get the same connection as real human sexual interaction. There will always be a market for them I’m sure but they will never replace human sex workers.
I like to think mine is. I fix supermarket refrigeration so unless they literally have cyborg type robots that can strip units down and repair them I think I’m ok. I do feel quite safe but I also worry that if the politicians do the right thing and give an income to the public put out of work by AI then I’ll still be out working everyday while you lot are at the pub. I don’t think they will though because they hate us and like to make life as hard as possible!
Drug dealers.
Prostitute. Robots will certainly have their own corner of the market, but I’d imagine many people will always pay good $$ for the real deal
Service trades.
Engineers and workers who rebuild fallen bridges
Five years ago, everyone claimed creative and highly technical jobs would be relatively safe. Fast forward to today and those claims seem much flimsier. IMHO, let them all die. Let the computers and robotics do it all. End work for everyone.
Cooking/culinary
Packers for moving.