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Expert Warns That By 2030, Only Five Jobs Will Remain Safe From AI Takeover
An artificial intelligence expert has identified the five industries where individuals would still be able to find steady employment despite the job market experiencing an extinction-level event in the coming years.
At its best, the labor market is a cruel game of musical chairs, but AI has the potential to take the majority of seats before the music stops again, leaving a great number of people without jobs.
People have used their labor to obtain the goods and money they need for the majority of human history, but if the economy no longer mostly depends on that and the worth of a working person drastically declines, then things will alter drastically.
AI expert Dr. Roman Yampolskiy cautioned on the Diary of a CEO podcast that it “makes no sense to hire humans for most jobs” by 2027 due to the likelihood of artificial general intelligence and the advent of functional humanoid robotics.
“In five years all the physical labour can also be automated,” the expert warned of the change to the world of work by 2030.
“So we’re looking at a world where we have levels of unemployment we never seen before.”
“Not talking about 10 percent unemployment which is scary but 99 percent.”
But there are five sectors which could survive:
The human touch for those who can afford it
Dr Yampolskiy said, “All you have left is jobs where for whatever reason you prefer another human would do it for you.”
According to Dr. Yampolskiy, one such position would be that of an accountant since, although AI can do tasks fast, people “like traditional ways of doing things” because they maintain the human element.
He said, “Warren Buffett would not switch to AI. He would use his human accountant.”
A ‘fetish’ for human-made creative products
According to Dr. Yampolskiy, there may be a “tiny subset” of the market for individuals who still favor handcrafted goods, but this is “almost a fetish” and won’t be sufficient to sustain many jobs.
Although he stressed that it will only be a “small subset,” he compared it to how consumers will pay more for locally manufactured, handcrafted goods than mass-produced ones made in China.
Jobs that require knowledge of the human experience
Counselors may be secure as well. Although there have been several cautions about the risks, some people have been employing AI as a therapist.
Individuals who have firsthand knowledge of what it is to be human are far more likely to be valued than algorithms.
Dr Yampolskiy said, “In a world of superintelligence which is defined as better than all humans in all domains, what can you contribute? You know better than anyone what it’s like to be you.”
Meanwhile, two industries that could flourish are those that will depend on AI to do the work.
Someone will need to regulate AI
There will be people whose job it is to provide some oversight of AI since, ideally, you wouldn’t want to totally remove human judgments from all AI operations.
Dr. Yampolskiy stated that oversight now will result in a more gradual rollout of AI and superintelligence over 50 years rather than five, but he does not believe that keeping AI on a tight leash is entirely achievable in the long run.
He said, “At this point we’re trying to get more time.”
And someone will need to explain AI to everyone else
Additionally, there will be positions available for those who serve as artificial intelligence go-betweens for others who are unfamiliar with the technology.
For example, if you’re integrating AI into a firm, you’ll need someone who knows how AI works and how to explain it to others.
It’s not exactly encouraging.
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