Eliminating Jobs

Though most researchers agree that AI will eliminate jobs, with some markets being influenced more than others, what do they think the impact will be like? Citizens have often joked with some employees, saying “machines are going to take your job one day!” Is this statement that far off? The high-end workers that may be displaced by AI have far more choices for work than those being replaced at a minimum wage position. These often part-time jobs offer an income safety net for workers that have fewer options. Many of these low-wage jobs require some amount of mobility, dexterity, and hand-eye coordination that have kept automation at bay. AI, and robots as a result, are becoming less expensive, more flexible, and safer. This means one could potentially see the low-wage service sector impacted by AI at some point soon (Ford, 2013, p.3). The jobs most likely to be eliminated by AI is of course the redundant worker. The jobs that have a high amount of repetitive performances. Within a few decades it is believed that jobs such as an accountant or tax worker will be fully eliminated (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2014, p. 85).

The video lists jobs that they believe are the most "at risk" for being replaced or highly automated, giving reasoning for each one. The list is as follows.

 Drivers Farmers Printing/Publishing Cashiers Travel Agents Manufacturing Workers Dispatchers Waiting Tables & Bartending</li> Bank Tellers</li> Military Pilots and Soldiers</li> Fast-Food Workers</li> Telemarketer</li> Accountants and Tax Preparers</li> Stock Traders</li> Construction Workers</li> </ol>