In a newly published study, Microsoft has listed a series of jobs at high risk of being replaced by AI, especially large language models (LLM), along with jobs that are highly resistant to this wave of automation.
This list not only outlines the career picture in the near future, but also suggests clear trends about the far-reaching impact of AI on the global labor market.
According to the study, professions such as translators, historians, customer service representatives, writers and editors who are at the top of the list are most likely to be replaced.
These jobs often have in common that they involve language processing, data or communication, which are all skills that AI is increasingly effective in.
Microsoft emphasized that this is a result based on the AI application capabilities of each location, not an absolute forecast.
On the other hand, manual and manual labor, such as assistant nurses, builders, machine operators, dental and maxillofacial surgeons, etc., are less affected by AI due to high requirements for practical skills, physical interaction or flexible judgment, which machines will hardly be able to replace in the near future.
Explaining more clearly the ability to apply AI, Microsoft said that this is an index showing the extent to which AI can take on a specific job.
The easier things are to automate, such as translating, entering documents, editing documents, etc., the higher the risk.
In contrast, occupations that require physical operations or deep social interaction still have many "safe zones".
Notably, Microsoft also admitted that its research focuses primarily on LLM, meaning there are still many other areas such as visual AI and autonomous robots that could continue to expand the range of human replacement in the future.
The warning from Microsoft is not intended to cause concern, but instead, a reminder about the skill shift.
As AI technology is becoming more and more popular, the important thing is not to avoid it, but to proactively learn, adapt and improve personal skills to continue to maintain value in the rapidly changing labor market.
