With the boom in popularity of artificial intelligence (AI), attention has quickly turned to the impact such innovation could have on the jobs market.
There are fears that thousands of human roles may soon disappear because of huge advances in automation, with it emerging only last month that the UK Government privately thinks a ‘substantial number’ of civil service jobs will soon be obsolete.
Not to mention there is also a growing Silicon Valley civil war about whether rapidly evolving AI technology is a good thing or a bad thing.
Well, research suggests that air traffic controllers, midwives, librarians and those with a career in sales have little to worry about, but if you work behind a bar, as a window cleaner or in customer service, the news isn’t quite so positive.
Nor is it for waiters and waitresses, who at 72 per cent are at the highest risk of having their roles carried out by a robot, according to digital media company DailyAI.com.
Not far behind are shelf fillers, receptionists on 61 per cent, and train or tram drivers on 57 per cent.
On the opposite end of the spectrum are medical practitioners.
In general the risk of their roles being automated is estimated to be around 18 per cent, with nurses at 24 per cent, paramedics 27 per cent and dentists 20 per cent.