One issue that has already sparked huge debate is how the entry of increasingly sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence will affect the work landscape and the professions of the future.
More specifically, according to a new study carried out by Nokia Bell in the US, an industrial research and development company, it provides new evidence about the types of professions that may be most affected by artificial intelligence technologies.
The study introduces a new measure called the “AI Impact” score, which measures how closely an occupation’s tasks align with recent AI innovations.
At the top of the list of occupations expected to be most affected by AI are cardiac technologists, sonographers and nuclear medicine technologists. Other professions that are also high on the list are air traffic controllers, radiologists, neurologists.
This finding challenges the common belief that AI primarily threatens low-skilled jobs. Instead, the study suggests that the impact of AI may be more closely tied to specific skills within occupations.
For example, in healthcare, the study found that 60% of tasks performed by cardiology technologists and 48% of those performed by MRI technologists could potentially be affected by artificial intelligence. Many patents related to the automation of health record management and the analysis of medical scans were quite relevant to these professions.
However, the researchers stress that a high score on “Impact of Artificial Intelligence” does not necessarily mean that these jobs will disappear.
In many cases, AI is more likely to augment human capabilities rather than completely replace workers. For example, while AI may automate some aspects of a neurologist’s job, such as EEG analysis, it is unlikely to replicate the complex decision-making and patient interaction skills critical to this profession.
Here is the list of professions most at risk from artificial intelligence:
- Cardiology technologists
- Sound engineers
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Magnetic Tomography Technologists
- Electromechanical engineers
- Orthodontists
- Electricity Distributors and Distributors
- Neurologists
- Industrial truck and tractor operators
- Public Safety Telecommunications Workers
- Computer programmers
- Security officers
- Remote Sensing Technologists
- Mechanics
- Radiologists
- Scientists who study the Atmosphere and the
- Space
- Textile machinery operators
