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The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by yarofearless(op): 6:48pm On Sep 10
Artificial intelligence is already changing the way people work.

From writing and customer service to software development, accounting and graphic design, AI tools can now perform tasks that once required hours of human labour.

But that does not mean every career will disappear.

The jobs most likely to survive the AI revolution are those that require human judgement, trust, creativity, physical skills, leadership or direct interaction with other people.

Here are some careers that could remain strong as AI becomes more powerful.

1. Healthcare professionals

Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and other healthcare workers are likely to remain important.

AI can help analyse medical information and support diagnosis, but patients still need human professionals to examine them, make difficult decisions and provide care.

2. Skilled trades

Electricians, plumbers, mechanics, welders, technicians and construction workers work in unpredictable physical environments.

AI and robots may eventually automate some tasks, but replacing humans in thousands of different homes, buildings and worksites is much harder than automating office work.

3. Cybersecurity professionals

As businesses depend more on technology, cyberattacks are also becoming more sophisticated.

Cybersecurity specialists will be needed to protect companies, governments and individuals from hackers, fraud and data breaches.

4. Teachers and educators

AI can explain a mathematics problem or generate a lesson plan, but teaching involves much more than delivering information.

Good teachers understand individual students, manage classrooms, motivate learners and provide human guidance.

5. Lawyers and legal professionals

AI can search documents and analyse large amounts of legal information quickly.

However, negotiation, courtroom strategy, ethical decisions and dealing with clients still require significant human judgement.

6. Mental health and social-care professionals

Counsellors, psychologists, social workers and caregivers deal with deeply personal human situations.

People often need empathy, trust and emotional understanding, areas where technology cannot simply replace the human relationship.

7. Entrepreneurs and business leaders

AI can provide ideas, analyse markets and automate operations.

But deciding what business to build, taking risks, managing people and understanding customers still require human leadership.

8. Creative professionals

Writers, filmmakers, journalists, designers, musicians and other creatives will face major changes because AI can produce content quickly.

However, people who develop a strong personal voice, original ideas and the ability to connect with audiences may remain valuable.

9. Sales and relationship-based jobs

High-level salespeople, negotiators, recruiters and business-development professionals depend heavily on trust and relationships.

A customer may use AI to compare products, but major business deals often still depend on human persuasion and negotiation.

10. AI-related careers

Ironically, one of the strongest career areas created by the AI revolution may be AI itself.

AI engineers, data scientists, AI product managers, AI safety specialists and professionals who know how to integrate AI into businesses are likely to remain in demand.

The bigger lesson is that people should not simply ask, “Will AI take my job?”

A better question is:

A am“Which parts of my job can AI do, and which human skills can I develop that AI cannot easily replace?”
Source: https://yaroinsider.ng/careers-likely-to-survive-ai-revolution-2/

Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Mattswaggz: 1:30pm On Sep 15
How can you forget some peoples dear Ashawos and our dear farmers. grin grin grin.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Jandminded: 1:30pm On Sep 15
AI can affect any career that a human being can do.

Wait for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

This AI race is the new cold war, as much I see the potential danger, I can't even overlook the advantage it would give us in this Universe.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Fekumzi123: 1:31pm On Sep 15
What about religious scammers, robbery and kidnapping?
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Indelibleage: 1:32pm On Sep 15
This is going to be a complex issue for assessment bodies in Nigeria o
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Mattswaggz: 1:33pm On Sep 15
Jandminded:
AI can affect any career that a human being can do.

Wait for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
As at now....it's NO, but when AI+ robotics comes fully on board it would be another story.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by MatrixReloaded: 1:33pm On Sep 15
AI can not affect the exchange of Weed and Slawomir
Jandminded:
AI can affect any career that a human being can do.

Wait for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Omoawoke(m): 1:34pm On Sep 15
You people don’t know yet the capabilities of what they call Ai

The current Ai is not even up to 30% yet of its peak..

You guys think this is the peak of Ai? lol.. we are just getting started and see what it’s doing

Hahahah

Those sci fic you guys watched on Ai are still a joke..

It’s because you humans haven’t really thought of what makes up a human being… you are made of the same everything else in the universe is made of… the only thing different is life and memories..
Once memories can be saved and uploaded, you will fear for the future of humanity

In summary, Ai can literally do everthing any human can do and even better… the only thing a machine cannot do is biological reproduction
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by tolu4you: 1:36pm On Sep 15
I wan go learn plumbing now
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by proxillin(m): 1:36pm On Sep 15
All careers will be affected.

People say AI will replace developers. AI itself still need more developers.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by froxydydx: 1:37pm On Sep 15
Civil Engineering. The 001 of engineering any day any time
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Omoawoke(m): 1:37pm On Sep 15
proxillin:
All careers will be affected.

People say AI will replace developers. AI itself still need more developers.
And a time when Ai would be developing itself

Una never know anything …

Ai may be the end of mankind
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by chimex38: 1:38pm On Sep 15
Spoken language translators
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by SeriouslySense(m): 1:38pm On Sep 15
That is the scariest combination. And they are suppose to start selling robots in 2027.

If AI can now think, because you can tell it to think and specify the process of this thinking, if it can do that, and imagine the AI they are hiding and then giving it a body. undecided undecided

AI can consume large data, do thinking and automate things, giving it a body is scary. lipsrsealed

Mattswaggz:
As at now....it's NO, but when AI+ robotics comes fully on board it would be another story.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by proxillin(m): 1:44pm On Sep 15
Omoawoke:
And a time when Ai would be developing itself

Una never know anything …

Ai may be the end of mankind
By the time, AI develop itself, it means humans have ceased to exist or become the minority.

So human careers do not matter at that point.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by coolcharm(m): 1:46pm On Sep 15
And you used AI to generate this piece. That's funny.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by ufotunang: 1:52pm On Sep 15
Mattswaggz:
How can you forget some peoples dear Ashawos and our dear farmers. grin grin grin.
Wetin your eyes dey find for ashaw...? 🙄
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Perewenkle1: 1:55pm On Sep 15
Are we turning to a welfare society? If people can’t work because of AI, who will buy the products produced by companies, the only way is companies and governments paying those who were unemployed or displaced by AI so they can buy the goods.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Artsbeat(m): 1:55pm On Sep 15
2 &8 nah sure. Go learn trade today
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by DMCA: 1:58pm On Sep 15
Mattswaggz:
How can you forget some peoples dear Ashawos and our dear farmers. grin grin grin.
I thank u for giving encouragement to d later and d former cool
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by tnerro1(m): 1:58pm On Sep 15
Will it replace pastors, those people na serious scammers
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by Omoawoke(m): 2:11pm On Sep 15
proxillin:
By the time, AI develop itself, it means humans have ceased to exist or become the minority.

So human careers do not matter at that point.
It’s not too far like that from happening

Check the current news on the massive investment in data centers and deeper Ai researches
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by werisetogether(m): 2:29pm On Sep 15
yarofearless:
The jobs most likely to survive the AI revolution are those that require human judgement, trust, creativity, physical skills, leadership or direct interaction with other people.
Thanks for sharing

Love your summary above

In other words, any routine task that doesn't fit these criteria is going to be outsourced to a bot

What's wrong with that?
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by IDERAWOLE(m): 2:31pm On Sep 15
yarofearless:
Source: https://yaroinsider.ng/careers-likely-to-survive-ai-revolution-2/
AI isn't replacing anyone.

Thinking that AI is replacing any profession is a wrong understanding of AI.

How do farm implements replace the farmer in the farm. You only work faster and better with the tools.

That's the correct way to understand what AI is.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by epainos: 2:43pm On Sep 15
You may check my immediate past post. Human Judgement which may come as HITL (Human In The Loop) is the main skill anyone aspiring to fly with AI should get. And to be a master, you will need to understand the system architecture & workflow of whatsoever area you specialise in.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by techWriter001: 2:50pm On Sep 15
Suited for the Nigerian Civil Engineering section.

Technical Writer
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by tunapawizzy: 2:52pm On Sep 15
Why not learn the AI itself.
AI revolution actually presents an opportunity if you've ever wondered how you can bridge the gap between you and the wealthy.
CEOs and executives and decision makers, if you look at a lot of companies, are around their 50s, early to mid 60s, late 40s(in some cases), a lot of them are amazed at the least capability of AI and automation. The ones that are the barest minimum. They also don't like managing emails, tell them they can enjoy their golf on monday morning while you give them an agent that will sort/simplify things for them.
Offer them you will set up how to automate some redundant tasks. They can send some of their office and information managers to the field to market their product amd get more customers. Collect a slice of their yearly salary as Initial setup fee plus monthly maintenance fee of 50k-100k naira(depending on how much you think they can pay). If you get 5 new clients to set up every year.
Know the skill and deliver value to them, they will refer their friends.
Its 2026 kings and queens, stop submitting resumes for employment, start submitting business proposals.

No. 1 Learn the skill first
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by techwithteddy(m): 2:52pm On Sep 15
I think we're looking at this too much as “Which careers will AI replace?”

AI doesn't have to eliminate an entire profession before it affects employment. If a company previously needed 10 people for a particular workload and AI allows 6 people to produce the same output, the profession still exists, but AI has already changed the job market.

That's why I wouldn't advise a young person to simply look for an “AI-proof career.” I think the better strategy is to become AI-augmented in whatever serious profession you choose.

A graphic designer who understands AI-assisted workflows will work differently from one who ignores them. The same applies to developers, engineers, accountants, marketers, data analysts and many other professions.

At the same time, knowing how to prompt ChatGPT isn't a replacement for domain knowledge. You still need to understand the subject well enough to know when AI is wrong, what problem is worth solving and whether its output makes sense in the real world.

This is actually one of the ideas we're exploring in the TechWithTeddy AI & Tech Community - a 100% free community focused on practical AI, coding, automation, generative AI and how these technologies can be combined with existing professional skills. The emphasis is on learning and building, not just talking about AI.

So instead of asking only “Will AI take my career?”, I'd ask:

“Which parts of my work can AI already do, which parts can AI help me do much faster, and which human/domain skills should I strengthen?”

I think people who start answering those three questions now will be in a much better position as AI continues to improve.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by sacajawea(m): 2:56pm On Sep 15
Luglot left out the most fundamental of all.
That bereft and not self aware.
Terrible!
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by plessis: 4:47pm On Sep 15
Humanity is destined for oblivion either way.
Re: The Careers Likely To Survive The AI Revolution by caprini1: 4:48pm On Sep 15
Fekumzi123:
What about religious scammers, robbery and kidnapping?
Try study the bible with chat gpt,you fit no go church for a year o.
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