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Fiction writers. I doubt AI will ever gain the proficiency to write a good, interesting, original story.
The ten jobs least likely to be taken over by computerisation: 1. Recreational Therapists 2. First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 3. Emergency Management Directors 4. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 5. Audiologists 6. Occupational Therapists 7. Orthotists and Prosthetists 8. Healthcare Social Workers 9. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 10. First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fight…
Maybe I'm saying this because I've been involved in the restaurant industry for most of my life in varying capacities (cook, chef, waiter, bartender, manager, soon to be owner), but I think there will always be a certain niche for restaurants and bars staffed by humans. Certainly fast food restaurants, probably establishments like diners, hotels, etc..., will make use of automation, but going out, talking to a human,…
Counselling? Psychologist? Pastor? Something along those lines I think. Sufficient wet & squishy to make it difficult to work out what you'd need to automate let alone doing so.
Maybe I'm saying this because I've been involved in the restaurant industry for most of my life in varying capacities (cook, chef, waiter, bartender, manager, soon to be owner), but I think there will always be a certain niche for restaurants and bars staffed by humans. Certainly fast food restaurants, probably establishments like diners, hotels, etc..., will make use of automation, but going out, talking to a human,…
As a consumer I'd nearly always prefer a machine take care of my needs than a person or an animal. It's fun to talk with my friends, family or other diners at a restaurant, it's not usually fun to talk with the staff. At least in Chicago they usually seem miserable, incompetent, or a mix of both. It might be fun to have niche locations with humans serving people and taking orders but I imagine it'd be more like horse…
Entertainment will be early to go. As soon as we can get realistic video and audio why employ 100+ people to do the show. It'll all be CGI. One person can do Game of Thrones. This is why I think CG audio will be an amazing jump for humanity whole new content will be created and make other content obsolete.
Creative work also benefits from multiple people (up to a point) with multiple unique experiences of living life working together, as well. We aren't even trying to do that with computers right now, so I think their creative output would be more limited in scope (again, for awhile, not necessarily forever).
Computers may be able to do variations on an established formula, though, and there's a lot of formulaic dreck out there.
Edit: I wouldn't worry about most jobs being replaced any time soon. It's a tougher problem than you probably think it is.
Sidenote: when I say "arts/humanities" I'm not just referring to entertainment but also the branches of society that deal with introspection and cultural criticism for the sake of human autonomy.