These Jobs Are Safe from AI Takeover Says OpenAI-Written Paper

Since the emergence of artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technology, there has been a brewing paranoia that machines would soon take over the planet. But, as this paper suggests, AI technology will first take away human jobs.

This new research paper, co-authored by ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, OpenResearch, and the University of Pennsylvania, offers insight into the possible impact of large language models on the job market.

The study, titled "GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models," covers the projected impact of generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) models on specific occupations, as well as a list of jobs where it will have no influence. Spoiler: the study listed 34.

AI-Proof Jobs

There are 34 jobs classified as having no exposure to the impact of LLMs or this newly discovered application of AI.

Agricultural equipment operators, athletes and sports competitors, automotive glass installers and repairers, bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists, cement masons, concrete finishers, and others are among those who hold these AI-proof jobs.

The majority of the occupations on the list are for skilled manual work.

Jobs AI Will Take Away

Alarmingly, the report also claims that LLMs will strongly impact 80% of the US workforce.

Moreover, according to this PCMAG report, the paper indicates that 19% of professions will have at least 50% of their work exposed via ChatGPT and its variants. This does not necessarily imply replacing their task but rather supplementing or assisting it. These are mainly content and creative jobs.

However, AI models should be viewed as tools that people can use rather than something that completely replaces a human counterpart. OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, has gone on record stating this to quell the public's anxiety.

A Closer Look at the Paper

The paper recognizes that other factors, such as social, economic, and regulatory issues, will influence how these technologies affect the workforce in practice.

This is especially evident in the heightened scrutiny that schools are placing on students who may use AI chatbots to plagiarize schoolwork. AI-written works have already been prevented from entering the shelves of human-written works by book and research journal publishers.

In related news, researchers tried to write a research article using ChatGPT and submit it to an academic journal, and they were successful. Follow the news at ZME Science.

Despite the possible impact of LLMs, the research offers hope to those working in skilled manual labor jobs, which are mostly protected from AI takeover.

Some of the jobs included in the paper, such as dishwashers, make little sense to be categorized as "safe," given mechanical dishwashers have already replaced human dishwashers.

Nonetheless, the paper discusses the potential influence of LLMs on certain occupations as well as the labor market as a whole. This is good news for many people, especially those in skilled manual labor jobs.

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