“It Is Inevitable”: 27 Professions That May Soon Disappear, As Shared By People In This Thread
Article created by: Ieva Pečiulytė
We like to think of ourselves as irreplaceable. Especially when it comes to the jobs we do. But with our lifestyles changing, technological advancement broadening our horizons and just in the last year, artificial intelligence proving it can do a whole lot more than we gave it credit for, we start to wonder.
What if some professions we can’t imagine our world without right now will cease to exist in the very near future?
Well, people in this Ask Reddit thread are now weighing in on the possibility of that happening by sharing the professions that they believe will become obsolete sooner than we think.
Weather reporters, since eventually so many people will just be looking at it on their phones, that the demand for weather stations will be so low that it’s just not worth it anymore.
Car salesmen. Yes, because of the apps like Carvanna, but also because car companies are actually searching and experimenting with ways to improve the process because people don’t want to work with sales people anymore. I worked for BMW for some time and I saw the things they are trying first hand.
Factory workers. Robots are gonna replace them soon. People are probably gonna still be doing maintenance on the robots but not working in the factories
Mark my words. Animators. AI will start doing animation work for big companies sucking the people’s souls and hard work out of the art form. Just you wait! Why pay people to animate when you can teach AI to draw/create each frame by frame for you at lower cost value.
Yeah it won’t be in the NEAR future, but in the future most definitely.
It may sadden me to think this, but likely mechanical watch makers.
I love my automatics and my mechanical chronograph, but I don’t think the smart watch generation will appreciate the mechanical movements as much as previous Gens
Branch bankers/tellers. You can deposit and withdraw at an atm now, apply for loans, credit cards, and mortgages online. With apps and online banking you can take care of your stuff in your own house instead of going in.
Underwriters honestly. The entire job will be reduced to a series of algorithms that will be automatically accepted if within certain ranges. Anything beyond the ranges will just be declined.
Diesel mechanic and not long after that petrol. I’d definitely say in 50 years most people will have electric vehicles with diesel and petrol cars being known as ‘classic cars’
Truck driver. I’m not an Elon Musk Stan. Some company is going to make self-driving trucks and put that industry out of business. It is inevitable.
Translator. This profession already consists of computer translation editing, and with all the advanced technologies it will be more and more common. Pretty sure, in a few years you won’t need one to translate documents.
Accounting. The job will still exist but there will be much less demand for accountants as entry level positions are automated and mid-tier positions are held by people already in the industry.
Software developers & testers since machine learning trained bots can already write decent amount of code now. Imagine in 5 to 10 years…
They are automating a lot of management these days. Kind of weird people used to think of robots like personal slaves but now it’s the other way around
