{"id":42494,"date":"2017-12-11T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=42494"},"modified":"2022-08-07T19:21:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T11:21:45","slug":"human-jobs-ai-will-eventually-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/human-jobs-ai-will-eventually-take-over\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Human Jobs A.I. Robots Will Eventually Take Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advances in AI and automation has been making the mainstream news<\/strong> as of late. It\u2019s not just Filipinos or Mexicans taking white people\u2019s jobs, our robot overlords are taking over the playing field<\/a> too. Of course, that\u2019s just a joke. I mean, the former is a joke but the latter is true. AI and automation will soon actually displace many people in the workforce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Think of it like when the first automobile was invented<\/strong>. Many horse-drawn carriage drivers lost their jobs because people slowly started to prefer automobiles. Same happened with the invention of the printing press<\/strong>. Many scribes, those who copied books manually for a living lost their jobs.<\/p>\n

To take a modern approach, just take a look at the factories we have now<\/strong>. Big machines everywhere producing and wrapping and boxing products at every turn. From bread to bottles of soda to computers and automobiles.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a realistic view of the jobs that will go away soon<\/strong> due to AI and automation.<\/p>\n

Read Also:<\/strong> Is Your Job Replaceable By Machines?<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Factory Workers<\/h2>\n

One of the biggest victims of automation<\/strong> will be people working on the assembly line making small parts fit with bigger parts in order to build a music player, a game console, a smartphone, you name it. In fact, a revolution has already started in China<\/a><\/strong>. Specifically in Dongguan City in Guangdong province.<\/p>\n

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A technology company opened a factory cut down their number of employees from 650 to just 60 <\/strong>and production rose by 162.5% with 5% defect rate down from 25%. According to the company, they plan on lowering their number of human employees to just 20<\/strong> in the near future. These employees are just there to monitor the systems.<\/p>\n

2. Lawyers<\/h2>\n

The first artificially intelligent lawyer<\/a> has just been hired and it can do by itself what hundreds of associates<\/strong> or paralegals can in a day in just a minute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

His name is ROSS, and I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s a reference to Suit\u2019s Mike Ross, but ROSS does a better job I\u2019m sure. ROSS can dig up even the most obscure references from decades ago and will provide his relevant opinion on the case at hand \u2013 without bias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the near future, bigger law firms will utilize AI to do their research and other legal work for them, which will then drastically cut the number of human employees needed to work on a case, and cut down time, too, thus effectively slashing attorney fees for the clients<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3. Accountants<\/h2>\n

In the past, when people wanted to joke around with accountants they used to say, \u201cOf course, accountants just count numbers so it\u2019s only very possible that their job can be easily taken over by a computer\u201d<\/em>. But today more than ever this statement is becoming very true<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In fact, the \u201cBig Four\u201d<\/strong> companies namely; EY, PwC, KPMG, and Deloitte, that provide services like tax audits, accounting, and other meticulous professional services, agree that the need for accountancy graduates will be halved by 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Just recently, SMACC, a financial management company, secured a $3.5 million funding for their AI accounting system<\/a>. So, what do you think about the future of accountants?<\/p>\n

4. Service Crew<\/h2>\n

McDonald\u2019s has begun fully automating their fast food chains<\/strong>. Building a fast food chain fully operated by robots (with two or three humans for maintenance) is actually cheaper than training and hiring human employees for the service industry<\/strong>, and many food service industry executives agree.<\/p>\n

In fact, a McDonald\u2019s franchise in Phoenix<\/strong> is fully run by robots<\/a>. Well, not fully<\/em> because it is also staffed by humans whose job is to make sure the robots are all operational.<\/p>\n

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If McDonald\u2019s little experimentation continues successfully, what would stopping other big fast food chains and service-related businesses to follow through<\/p>\n

5. Video Editors<\/h2>\n

This one is still in its infancy, but take a moment and watch this video first:<\/p>\n