Bill Gates has predicted which three jobs he thinks will be safe from artificial intelligence.
Whether it's the technology replacing actors or even a woman falling in love with an AI octopus boyfriend, artificial intelligence seems to be coming for us all.
While you may think you're safe if you prefer your partners to be less tentacle-y and more, well, human, a rising concern for many is whether AI could take over our job roles.
Whether it be copywriters, telephone operators or data entry clerks, AI has already taken over several roles.
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And according to Microsoft founder and tech billionaire Bill Gates, there are only three professions which stand a good chance coming out of the battle against AI fairly unscathed.
But will yours make the cut?
Well, biologists can breathe a slight sigh of relief.
1) Biologists
While AI can certainly serve as a useful tool in helping biologists advance medicine, Gates doesn't think it runs the risk of taking over completely according to the Economic Times.
AI may be smart and adaptable, but it doesn't hold the same ability to understand the same complex biological systems in the same way a biologist can.
Nor can it think with human creativity or intuition as to how to process the data and come up with new avenues of research.
Science relies a lot on human judgement and well, AI isn't and can't ever have that.
Bet you're wishing you paid a bit more attention in your biology classes now eh?
And there's another science-related role which Gates believes is probably safe too.
2) Energy experts
Alongside requiring human judgement given how complex it is, whether oil, nuclear or renewable, the decisions required when it comes to energy are very high-stakes given the safety risks which could occur should something not go to plan.
Global energy demands remain unpredictable too. No matter how adaptable AI is, humans remain better when it comes to managing ever-changing scenarios, plus crisis management.
And no matter how trustworthy artificial intelligence becomes, it could never replace the word of a human.
Last but never least, a job which is pretty self-explanatory in how AI could never really replace the human currently doing the role is that of an AI coder.
3) Coders
While AI can now create code itself, it wouldn't exist in the first place without the human coders behind it.
Gates believes AI can never replace human coders because what would happen if the AI glitched? Bugged? Or broke down?
Well, it would need a human to come and pick up the pieces.
Anyone who's not in a position above, what do you think about a career change?
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Technology, Jobs
Poppy Bilderbeck