Think back on your jobs through your life. Could AI replace you in any of them?

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darkiya@reddit

People would like to think yes...

But no. Figuring out what people want when they can't communicate it effectively isn't going to be solved by AI

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ScootyMcTrainhat@reddit

Im a former programmer/IT guy who now works in a kitchen and does delivery. My former jobs could be replaced easily, my current jobs require arms so not so much.

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bjgrem01@reddit

I work in IT and I dread the day they decide to replace tier 1 with AI. I imagine tier 1 will disappear but tier 2 will be worked to death.

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AshDogBucket@reddit

Internet shopping has already replaced me in retail. Ai can certainly be an author and a musician. Most of my other jobs i don't think AI could do entirely (but certain parts for sure).

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My jobs have always been hands on. I install security cameras and systems, even my colleague with 30 years experience can't do most of my job. There is no good way to even get an advanced robot into many of my job sites.

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UndisturbedInquiry@reddit

Give it a few years… in 2022 I didn’t think AI had much of a chance of replacing anyone.. it’s 2025 and now I’m watching big tech layoff people in the 10s of thousands…. Stick AI in some of the prototype robotics being developed and the workforce is in for some dark times.

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Redcatche@reddit

I live in a Big Tech hub and worked in the industry for decades. The lay-offs aren’t because of AI. They’re due to visas and offshoring.

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UndisturbedInquiry@reddit

I’ve been in big tech for 25 years.. my current company is into AI for everything now. We are laying off because of it.

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Redcatche@reddit

I don’t buy AI as the main reason for layoffs for one second. We can agree to disagree.

I agree tech will be hit very hard by AI in the next decade generally.

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nipslippinjizzsippin@reddit

Not yet. it could perform some of the tasks i do, it could improve on my own work but its not at the point where it can make executive decisions and break rules when needed.

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quintk@reddit

I haven’t been obsoleted yet, but AI can replace the key skill that got me my first promotions — I was an engineer with unusually strong writing ability. I was recognized for presentations and reports and proposal copy that was better than expected for a new hire, and this helped a lot in my early career. Even our current AI (in house and severely limited) is good enough for technical writing and editing.

I have other skills and experience now but still hurts to lose the “easy” advantage

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Remote_Water_2718@reddit

Nope. But I think AI can replace anything with a GUI. Because soon "vibe input" will just replace keyboard and mouse input. Why should a dev bother with a GUI that has 100 buttons when you can just type in a text command?

I've also only done really lame, un-sustainable temp/wierd student type jobs. Delivering phone books, roofing, oilfield, electrical.

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lessthanpi79@reddit

It's ultimately a dead-end for most if not all of the companies using it. Theres basically no path to profitability given the energy/water needs.

This one's amusing

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

Yes but corporations don't realize that yet. They're still firing a ton of people and banking on their AI replacements.

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lessthanpi79@reddit

I'm old and cynical, so I think they were planning on layoffs anyways and this is their cover.

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Middleage_dad@reddit (OP)

I’m am sure that when these AI companies decide to turn a profit the amounts they charge these companies will destroy their business model.

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Johnfohf@reddit

You think they are choosing not to turn a profit right now?

AI will not be replacing workers, unless that worker's job is to create errors and make up information.

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VaselineHabits@reddit

Also it seems to need humans to check it's work because it likes to hallucinate

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mcfetrja@reddit

Have the developers of AI ever thought to set up a system where the AI gets to hallucinate all it wants on the weekends and at Phish concerts but it has to show up to work not hallucinating? Because traditionally if you are hallucinating at work you get fired. I’m not saying I’m pro AI or anti hallucinogens, mainly because I’m not, but if this is gonna be a competition for jobs let’s make it a level playing field; Either we get to hallucinate at work too or hallucinations at work get you fired.

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Middleage_dad@reddit (OP)

In a lot of roles, you have human supervisors checking the work of other humans. You just need a few supervisors and no workers.

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DrMcJedi@reddit

Maybe processing insurance applications…since they aren’t on paper anymore… Otherwise, my career has been mostly AI-proof.

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Willing_Actuary_4198@reddit

Not yet but as soon as the robots get better id probably be fucked. Tedious detail oriented physical labor is going to be fine for a while but probably not forever

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xRVAx@reddit

AI can't replace my schmoozing and priceless water cooler talk while on the company dime

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PuzzleheadedAbies678@reddit

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StillhasaWiiU@reddit

Until AI can perform first aid, my job is safe.

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PuzzleheadedAbies678@reddit

Welcome to McDonald's will you be using your mobile app today.....

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Quizleteer@reddit

I lost my last job to AI. I worked for an EdTech company that provided homework help and test prep from online tutors. Once Chat GPT became widely available, students (understandably) chose to use it for free vs. paying a monthly subscription for help through human experts. Chat GPT isn’t always accurate, but we couldnt compete with free. 🤷‍♀️

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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

This is infuriating.

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Quizleteer@reddit

What’s worse is that I had to join the dark side and now work for a gen AI-driven company after job seeking for nearly a year with no luck. It was that or lose our home and healthcare with my young, special needs kids in tow.

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sassooal@reddit

My first job was relatively mindless, but also involved determining how hung over the boss was to know whether he wanted orange juice or apple juice with his breakfast.

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bikeonychus@reddit

I used to be a concept artist for computer games, and my husband is currently an art director in games.

Currently, he is getting pressure from Producers to use AI for some concept art. He has, rightfully, been somewhat against it for fear of him losing his team's artists, however, he got his arm twisted and had to start using it for ideation or some bollocks.

Holy shit, is it bad.

Yes, it comes up with ideas. But every single idea is the most average of average. It makes what has been asked, but there's nothing in there that sets the image apart, and often it will almost get something, and then just fail. You can't edit the images in the AI, you can only regenerate something new, so there's not really any good tweaking of ideas, it will just roll the dice and spit out something random that's the most average of average. Then there's the issue of legality, since it's fed on existing art work, most of which is under copyright, so you could accidentally include art from, say, Disney, and get into a shitload of legal trouble for that.

So, while there are some games companies dropping art teams, it's massively premature, and will backfire. There's also massive public backlash against AI Slop, which is good to see.

So, yes, there is a chance AI will steal artists jobs, but currently, legal departments are cracking down on it, once they've been informed about the copyright issue.

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Squirrel_Kng@reddit

Burger flipper: until robots are super cheap probably not.

Only job that’s a maybe.

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soulsteela@reddit

If it was inside a modern Boston dynamics bot frame, probably every job I’ve ever had.

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New_Needleworker_473@reddit

Hmmm. I suppose you could hire an AI legal secretary. Probably not a gas station GM, they're still needed. Target Operator has already been replaced by technology but the floor work I did at Target would still require employees. Maybe full blown robots could work that job. Barista can definitely be replaced by AI and machines and maybe one engineer just sitting around and waiting for a blip. I feel like a lot of them need more than AI. I don't see eye to eye with this guy on CNN saying 99% of jobs can be replaced by AI. I think most jobs I have worked require more than just a computer algorithms that be taught/programmed to say or calculate or whatever. I mean I can imagine an AI being a "cabin girl" - I cooked meals, waited tables, fileted fish, gave fishing tours, gave canoe tours, provided people with directions and instructions on how to enjoy the area, cleaned cabins, chased off bears, etc. I don't see AI being a very good "cabin girl". Lol! And I'm a therapist. Pretty sure no one wants an AI therapist given the recent news.

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Abidarthegreat@reddit

The Internet already stole my Blockbuster job.

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Golden_Enby@reddit

Yes, but not my current one. All my past jobs could be done by robots, but my current one as a brand ambassador would be trickier. Granted, an AI would be able to promote a product with more efficiency and precision. They could even clean up faster. However, I'm not sure if a robot could navigate the tight spaces where supplied are. I'm also unsure if current robots could clean dishes manually since they are electronic. There's also the human element that people would miss. I like building rapport with people I work with, both professionally and customer based. It feels good to act like a human being instead of the robot companies expect you to be. And I'm simply a people person. :)

With enough advancement, I'm sure AI will be able to replace most jobs, unfortunately.

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djsynrgy@reddit

Be great with computers, they said. A computing career is the future, they said.. Fffffuuuuuuu... 😆

Per usual, the problem here is in the phrasing; Dr. Malcom (as portrayed by Jeff Goldblum) tried to warn us: Too many are asking "could" when they ought to be asking "should".

They certainly don't call it 'singularity' to suggest it's going to be a fun time.

Could AI replace most jobs? Absolutely. Should it? Not until/unless the mechanisms are in place to completely shift out of the economies of personalized income, like on GD Star Trek. 🤷🏼‍♂️

But of course, Star Trek isn't where we're currently headed; we're currently screaming towards a Neil Blokamp film, like District 9 or Elysium. And if any of y'all haven't seen those yet, you really should; the future they paint is terrifying (see also, the first colony scenes in Alien: Romulus where they tell her her contract has been renewed,) and in my best Uncle Jimbo: "IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!"

As a lifelong 'computer guy', I've definitely dabbled. But I also know enough to know when a tool like GPT is telling me to do something in, say, Python, that I really ought not be doing on my system(s), because it scraped a Reddit thread and doesn't 'know' better because it isn't sentient and doesn't actually 'know' ANYTHING. 😆

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Rubik842@reddit

The point we're at is the results look great to novices. Expert recognize the output is basically predictive text and copy paste.

The gap between desired and actual results is like a project car, the last 20% to get it done takes 80% of the total effort.

We're nowhere near there. Fusion power is probably closer in dollars invested.

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TrashBoatTrashBoat@reddit

Good luck to rolling & throwing newspapers you integrated circuit sons a bitches

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Rubik842@reddit

"What's a new paper grandpa?"

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BeefSupremeeeeee@reddit

Haha, paperboy crew checking in! Still remember having masking tape on my fingers so I didn't get blisters from the rubber bands!

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Still_Top_7923@reddit

Yep. Every tech support/customer service/office job could be automated. The only jobs that couldn’t would be landscaping and painting/bodywork

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Rubik842@reddit

Robots were already doing my first job, and humans are still doing it. (electronics assembly)

Demand has exploded for all jobs after that. (wide area networks and radio telemetry)

AI needs me. I make more than the average doctor and I work half the year.

I have always read science fiction. I could see this coming.

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drinkslinger1974@reddit

When I was a bartender, I crafted my position as a part time drink maker, part time therapist, part time city tour guide, part time trivia helper, part time food paring expert, and part time bouncer. AI was never a threat, but once the smartphone released, the first app people would load up and stop by was a bartenders guide. So, coming to see me became a game of stump the bartender. Then google made an app, and maps and yelp and Wikipedia, all recipes, etc etc. Then the games and social media, by the time I moved on (2014ish) I was lucky to get eye contact from people I’d been serving for years.

I sold cars for a hot minute, I think the only thing holding back digitizing that is not wanting to be the first dealership to fire all the salespeople and finance managers. Today, I’m a handyman, and I could see an AI driven robot doing a much better job than I, but I don’t think anyone would spend 20 grand or so just to replace their faucets.

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svv1tch@reddit

I don't think even it wants some of those jobs lol

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teriKatty@reddit

Well I was a cashier and ticket taker at an amusement park then I was younger so yes. They already have self check out and ticket scanners now. I also worked at the airport at the counter and they have check in kiosks now.

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_jjkase@reddit

I think I've had success with the automated check in kiosks maybe 50% of the time. They're really good at not printing the last bag tag but registering that they did, and there's no way to reprint without talking to the counter people.

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MahliSaia@reddit

My first job was selling programs for the local minor league baseball team. I could be replaced by a vending machine.

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ihavenoidea12345678@reddit

Exactly. I had a number of jobs like this that are automated, or self-service now.

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NicolasNaranja@reddit

I used to translate trainings as part of my business. AI does that extremely well. When I was a researcher, the results sections of my papers were formulaic, I could see AI doing that. I could see in the future having AI do the whole paper including the literature review and discussion. I could definitely see parts of my current job being done by AI like making blends and reviewing production paperwork. I would think that floor prep and laying tile(my first full time job) would be a good job for a robot

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Blackboard_Monitor@reddit

There are anyway welding robots but they're basically drunken toddlers, the dexterity required for meant of the parts just doesn't work with robots and AI won't change that.

Until we have really really fancy robots that we've only seen in sci-fi movies I should be safe.

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CaptShrek13@reddit

Loading trailers, stocking merchandise for first 5 years, I'd say no, not quite. Could be done but a slight challenge. Driving a truck over the road for a year, they're getting there. I've currently been working on ready mix concrete for 18 years and probably everything but the mechanic and driver side of things could be replaced.

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Gonna_do_this_again@reddit

I built cellphone towers for most of my adult life. Towards the end, I was just doing audits where all I had to do was climb up and inventory everything on the tower. Towards the end of me doing that in particular, companies were just starting to use drones to do audit jobs. I see fully automated AI drones doing complete builds of towers in my lifetime.

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Country_Gravy420@reddit

Every job i have ever had could be relieved by AI within the next 5 years

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notwitty79@reddit

The company seems to think so. AI can not build relationships to merge competing agendas while managing personalities to get the best out of people, so good luck with that.

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Grouchy-Reflection97@reddit

About 15yrs ago, I was approached for a job at a posh school in China. I had the relevant qualifications to teach English as a Second Language, so I asked for a bit more information.

It ultimately boiled down to 'we'll pay you and give you free accommodation, we DGAF about your qualifications, we just need you to look smart and float around in the building, just existing as a British woman, whenever we have parents visiting'.

It was extremely weird, I said no thanks, as I'd assumed, 'oh, great, they want my kidneys'.

After talking with people I knew over there, I discovered it really was a thing with the nicer Chinese schools. Having British people on staff just looked good to the parents, like we're automatically all Mary Poppins.

So, I think there'll be even more weird jobs like that in the future. Robots will do the bulk of the work, but there'll be token humans just floating around doing nothing, just looking busy to give a good impression to visitors.

A bit like those 'Internet cafes' in North Korea where foreign politicians get to see a bunch of people in suits, sitting at computers, just creepily staring at a deep-fried photo of the Google search bar on their screens.

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Vorpal_Bunny19@reddit

I’d love to see an AI walk an elderly technophobic human through setting up their new cellular home internet. First they have to get them to download and install an app on their smartphones - usually a galaxy a14 - and then set up a username and password. Oh, what’s that? You can’t remember your email password?? Oh, guess I’ll walk them through resetting that too while we’re here. Now we can begin the set up! Yes, you need to plug it in. Yes, in the middle USB C port. The one in the middle. The middle. MIDDLE. Yes, it won’t turn on until you plug it in the USB C port in the middle. Yes, it’s the one that looks like a squished bubble. Yes, there in the middle.

It’s not turning on??

Oh… you put it in the left side port. That’s okay, just plug it into the one in the middle.

No, ma’am we’re all good. Take all the time you need. I’m paid by the hour.

Yeah, my job is safe.

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SlackerDS5@reddit

Portions but not all of it. I’ve worked in retail and medical billing/insurance, a restaurant and law enforcement. Most have too much in person contact to be replaced.

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Swamp_Donkey_7@reddit

Was an electrician. Don’t see AI replacing that.

Engineer now. On the fence. My specific job requires travel to the field, hands-on work and extensive field testing under conditions. I don’t see AI replacing that…yet.

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

In 3 of them, yes , AI can fully do all of those jobs. I was homing that the rest of the world would get behimd robots and AI to do all our jobs so we can actually live free.

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Extra-Blueberry-4320@reddit

I was a warehouse order picker in college one summer. I’m fairly sure AI does most of that now.

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

To this point, I don't think AI can replace manual labor in retail and food service. So not yet.

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glavent@reddit

All of my retail jobs can 100% be replaced (or have already been replaced) by automation.

Many of my white collar jobs also could be replaced.

Only job that I wouldn’t be replaced is my current job which is in the trades and until a robot can navigate a home to do electrical work, I feel pretty safe. Also since I’m 40, I feel pretty good that I can survive for the next 20 years without fear of a cheap robot replacement

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No-Calligrapher3043@reddit

I worked in restaurants and cleaned houses for most of my 20s. Until we have actual robots I think most of those types of jobs are safe. My current job is probably in the most “danger” of AI taking over but I’m also not too worried about it yet. Ask me again in 5 years lol

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Segazorgs@reddit

Nope even my current and last two office jobs. In order for AI to work everyone would have to be integrated with AI and fully automated and have agreements to share information. We're talking about thousands of organizations from hospital systems, clinics, surgery centers, private practices, residency and fellowship and all medical training programs, universities, technical and vocational schools, 50 state medical boards and all the other nursing and a healthcare boards, dental offices and groups, insurance carriers, employers and that's assuming whatever AI they're using can talk to each other and don't have technical outages. It's already very manual with technology that ping and pull electronic information from the CA medical board or DEA license database.

The AI replacement is greatly exaggerated. It probably will have more impact in data analysis jobs and things that don't require an actual human set of eyes.

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Sutcliffe@reddit

First job was a cart pusher at Walmart which AI/robotics could... but half of the job was being whipped around by twenty-seven managers and supervisors who viewed you as a tool to do anything they didn't want to. AI would never stand a chance.

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qtjedigrl@reddit

Blockbuster: Yes Teacher: Absolutely not

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Middleage_dad@reddit (OP)

How could your job at Blockbuster ever be replaced?!?!?!

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omnes1lere@reddit

Not really any of them to be honest.

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Warrior-Cook@reddit

I feel like I was preconditioned against that work environment. My major was Media Arts & Animation and I let that go after a decade of trying to stand out amongst the human competition. This was before AI and now Im glad to not even try to keep up with the changes.

A lot of my retail and warehouse jobs would have been safe from AI, that infrastructure is costly to just switch over to. But not impossible.

After a couple layoffs and family growths, I've specifically asked myself with each job, can this be replicated with AI. Basically any job using a computer all day is the first to be compromised. I'm at a fabrication shop now, doing CAD entries for the lasers. Still a computer job, but until they streamline the orders Im safe. There are too many interpretations and conditions that change from order to order. Too many invisible details for now. But the owner of the company has a hard-on for AI, so Im sure there's a path to making it possible.

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

Same, my major was graphic design. That will surely get swallowed by AI completely at some point. I was lucky enough to pivot to internal communications instead, and that seems fine for the time being.

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ThePlasticSturgeons@reddit

Each of my jobs, even the entry level ones, have required that I be able to improvise and make adjustments in the moment. “AI” in its current manifestation would do suboptimal work resulting in unacceptable quality in many of these situations.

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like_shae_buttah@reddit

No my job is very hands on. It can definitely enhance it though.

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ImitationCheesequake@reddit

A lot of my jobs outside of manual labor and restaurant work were replaced by some form of digital or AI, I’m sure if companies continue on with their trend they will replace things with Ai or nothing and condense positi

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edwardturnerlives@reddit

Most manual labor that isnt assembly line based is safe for a while. Crawling under houses, attics. Plumbers electricians.

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Hot_Gas_8073@reddit

Yes.

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ChristyLovesGuitars@reddit

Yes, so many of them. My entire industry is in a lot of trouble (Business to Business sales).

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playtheukulele@reddit

Nope.

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BeefSupremeeeeee@reddit

I was a paperboy for my first job, AI isn't the reason that job isn't around today.

These LLM models are pretty inaccurate when it comes down to details. While a very useful tool at times, its output many times will require human verification.....

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ArticulateRhinoceros@reddit

Post college stuff probably not as it was mostly child or elder care. Currently, I probably could be replaced by software, but part of the selling point for us (a union hiring hall) is that there is always a real human at the hall to assist members.

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Easy_Independent_313@reddit

I was a commercial talent agent for a few years. That could be done with AI for sure.

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Middleage_dad@reddit (OP)

I worked at a commercial VO agency for a bit!

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Usirnaimtaken@reddit

This is a weird one for me. I have worked in office admin/accounts payable, youth development, retail, corporate rentals and higher education in my life.

Office - sort of? A person would need to get it set-up and monitor it, but it would reduce the time needed for sure and in time, yes, the robots can and will take over.

Youth development - nope! It would enhance the work; yes. But I actually think the human touch is still needed here and AI would offer some improved planning techniques to give more time to the young folks. I can see some people trying it and that will go miserably for all of us over time.

Retail - I worked in shoes specifically. The amount of questions people have about shoes - I just don’t know. I think if done properly - absolutely you can remove the people out of it eventually.

Corporate rentals - um. Yes. Absolutely. I think it’s basically there now.

Higher education - I am an instructor and I am in the program admin. side of things. I use it to supplement my work and ease some of it; but a majority of what I do still requires a human to be present (for now). Education has a complicated relationship with AI - if the adoption process occurs over time, I could see my job evolving into an entirely new one.

It’s weird being mid career and watching nearly daily shifts occurring around me. I enjoy the discourse and banter about whether AI is going to end us all or make our lives better. Time will absolutely tell in our generations lifetime.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Not replace, but reduce staff. (Non)-Ironically service will get even worse. Wonder why.

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Trismesjistus@reddit

Hospital pharmacist - No, unless given substantial investment in robotics and rewriting several laws
Nuclear pharmacist- As above
retail pharmacist - Would require adjusting some laws but given that, it's more doable than the above. Not in its current state of course but if it got better
Gap for school
Laboratory technician, water treatment plant - Maybe, given substantial investment in robotics
Restaurant manager - The manager aspects probably. Of course I had to fill in everything from bartender to Broil Cook to dishwasher Depending on who didn't show up it's work that day .
Bartender - the mixing and serving drinks probably. The interacting with drunks? Probably not
Undergrad biology lab technician - Parts of it, but not all. So many fruit fly vials washed. so many
fast food drive through - it would take a lot of robotics But I don't see why not. they're already doing it in the lobby right ?
Grocery store cart push in/ Bagger / Eventually cashier - Some of it for sure
lifeguard - I don't think so, not as it currently exists

So it's a mixed bag. Most of it not, at least as it currently stands. a few things probably? I wouldn't rule out the possibility of any of it being possible given developments But a lot of it is kind of a long shot for AI to do what I did

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Capn26@reddit

I’ve done manual labor my entire life. Some of it requiring high levels of skill. In theory, yeah. With robots that can bus tables, or build houses, or perform the delicate steps in pharmaceutical manufacturing. But it would require advanced robotics and AI.

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andrewclarkson@reddit

At the same skill level? No way. As a tool to make me or another programmer more efficient and thus reduce the number of people needed for the job? Probably.

From what I’ve seen of AI it makes a lot of boneheaded mistakes that a human wouldn’t. I think it’s overhyped. A useful tool but not something that’s going to upend all of society like some people are predicting. We still need people overseeing it.

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Bird_Herder@reddit

I've been a sign maker for a grocery store, a combine operator, a van driver, a cheesemaker, a data entry clerk, a security guard, a janitor, a retail clerk, an aviary caretaker, and a cemetery clerk. All of these jobs could be replaced given certain levels of automation and robotics. But I feel my current jobs (aviary and cemetery) are the least likely to be replaced. I mean, they could be, but I think people like to interact with an actual human when it comes to making arrangements after the death of a loved one. And while machines could easily feed and clean up after the birds, monitoring their health and behavior might be a bit trickier.

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

Aviary caretaker! That's a cool job. I volunteer with a bird hospital on the east coast, but all I really do is clean and feed the orphaned nestlings during the summer.

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Bird_Herder@reddit

I volunteered at Liberty Wildlife in Phoenix when I was in school. I fed and cleaned up after the lifers, birds that were too injured to be released back into the wild and had to stay at the center. I never did orphan care. Can't imagine having to feed dozens of little babies nonstop.

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Entire-Order3464@reddit

No. AI can't think. AI can't ever make a business decision. LLMs are extremely limited and all the hype from tech CEOs is already proving to be untrue. 95% of corporate AI spending has resulted in zero return. AI is a tool like a lot of tools it is useful for speeding up certain things. It will not as the CEOs would have you believe anywhere near as impactful as electricity or the Industrial Revolution. 95% of people in the US used to be farmers. Now it's less than 2%. AI using LLMs impact will be a tiny fraction of that.

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drwebb@reddit

My jobs hmm.

1) Mowing lawns (no)
2) Taking care of animal shelter (no)
3) Sorting gemstones (yes)
4) 90s Webdesign (yes)
5) Video clerk (maybe?)
6) Farm worker (not for a long time I would think)
7) Programmer/Consultant (not really)
8) AI/ML researcher engineer (no and god I hope not)

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LoudAd1396@reddit

I've worked on a lot of poorly maintained, poorly documented legacy code... so until "fix this" is enough of a prompt for AI to figure it out, im not too worried.

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GenXMillenial@reddit

Self checkout took one of my jobs as a teen already

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TakingYourHand@reddit

Yes, for every job that didn't involve manual labor.

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

None except the one I have *now*, which was a late-in-life career change to what I should have been doing all along. Three years into building up my business in this field AI hit, and it has all but killed the industry. It's not that AI does what I do *well*. It just does it a lot cheaper and quicker.

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PM_ME_UR_BEST_1LINER@reddit

Art/writing related?

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KW5625@reddit

My first job, yes and it kinda has been.

I worked at McDonald's in High School, usually in the drivethru.

The kiosks have already replaced the counter order takers inside the building.

Their newest drivethrus are using AI order takers, just add card payments and you have AI doing my job.

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