These jobs are most at risk to be replaced by AI

The rapid development and rollout of artificial intelligence technology is set to fundamentally reshape virtually all aspects of life – but workplaces could be among the first to see dramatic change.A leading expert in technology has offered a forecast on the professions that may soon no longer exist, at least in a way that will require the services of a human employee.Last year, the World Economic Forum released a staggering report that warned some 26 million jobs will be wiped out by AI technology over the coming three years.Niusha Shafiabady, an associate professor of computational intelligence at the Australian Catholic University’s Peter Faber Business School, has modelled the jobs most likely to be disrupted in the top three industries in the sights of AI.They are education and health services, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality.In the education space, those working in an secretarial role at schools and universities could be replaced “relatively quickly” by AI, Dr Shafiabady said.Librarians are also at risk, as are specialists who teach extra-curricular pursuits, such as music.“They can be done programmatically with a computer with a camera.If you are a parent and are taking your kid for music lessons after school, you know the hassles involved in a 30-minute music lesson.

If you have an alternative for this, you will probably take it.“A computer program that shows your kid how to play and teaches them every principle that a music teacher shows them, and at the same time corrects them when they are practicing, will be easier and possibly cheaper to use.”AI could see librarians become obsolete, with their tasks – managing the borrowing and release of materials, providing advice on helpful resources, and even surpassing human insights with an instant encyclopaedic knowledge of the world – easily replicated by AI.“The obvious choice for the jobs in the health services space is a clinic receptionist’s role, which...