From Hands-On to Hands-Off: 12 Jobs Automation Is Coming For

As artificial intelligence and automation redefine the world's labor market, many conventional professions are left wondering about their futures. Experts warn that the next ten years could see widespread disruption in jobs that entail repetitive work, routine decision-making, or physical labor.

 

Key Highlights

 

•⁠  ⁠Data Entry Clerks & Typists: Computers are able to sort and process information faster and with more precision than humans.

 

•⁠  ⁠Telemarketers & Call Center Agents: Human representatives are substituted by artificially intelligent chatbots and voice assistants for routine customer support and sales.

 

•⁠  ⁠Cashiers: Self-check lanes and mobile payments are reducing the need for retail checkout associates.

 

•⁠  ⁠Travel Agents: AI-based travel assistants and online reservation websites offer personalized travel itineraries without any human intervention.

 

•⁠  ⁠Assembly Line Workers: Robots and intelligent manufacturing are automating repetitive factory work.

 

•⁠  ⁠Bank Tellers: Automated teller machines and electronic banking render branch staff less necessary.

 

•⁠  ⁠Postal Workers & Sorters: Delivery of mail and packages is becoming more streamlined with automated sorters and drones.

 

•⁠  ⁠Library Technicians: Digital cataloging and e-libraries are reducing the conventional library role.

 

•⁠  ⁠Insurance Underwriters: AI programs now determine risk and settle claims more quickly and accurately.

 

•⁠  ⁠Proofreaders: Sophisticated grammar and spell-check programs can check documents in real time.

 

•⁠  ⁠Fast Food Workers: Robot kiosks and kitchens are dominating order-taking and food preparation.

 

•⁠  ⁠Parking Attendants: Manual labor is being substituted by smart parking systems and automatic payment systems.

 

Outlook: While automation will automate many routine jobs, it will also create new jobs in technology, AI management, creative endeavors, and human judgment-based employment. How to future-proof your job: adopt lifelong learning, digitalskills upskilling, and focus on uniquely human strengths.

 

Source: World Economic Forum, Forbes, Economic Times