Are you at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence? The rise of AIGC tools such as ChatGPT has raised concerns that millions of jobs may be replaced by this technology, and more and more industry studies are trying to determine which jobs may be hardest hit. In this regard, the British Ministry of Education's Future Skills Department (Unit for Future Skills) also published a latest research report on this this week.
The report is billed as one of the first attempts to quantify the impact of artificial intelligence on the UK job market. The researchers used methods developed by U.S. academics to identify the occupations, industries and fields that will be most affected by artificial intelligence - and large language models in particular.
The report's analysis found that the finance and insurance sectors appear to be the most vulnerable to the impact of artificial intelligence, which also means that ambitious City professionals are at the cusp of being affected...
Among them, management consultants are the profession most affected by all artificial intelligence applications, followed by financial managers, accountants, psychologists, purchasing managers and economists.
In terms of more segmented large language models (such as the software behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT), the study found that call center workers topped the list of occupations most susceptible to the impact of large language models. Other professions affected include university lecturers, credit administrators, public relations specialists and clergy.
Athletes, roofers, and construction workers are the least likely to be affected by AI technology.
This official statistics breaks down UK occupations into 365 categories. Researchers note that they provide an "AI occupational exposure" score for each occupation based on the ability of AI to replicate the skills required for the job and the extent to which 10 common AI applications can help complete the corresponding work - including image recognition, language modeling, translation and speech recognition.
These scores range from -2 to 1.5. The higher the score, the greater the likelihood that the occupation will be affected.
The reports also found that workers in London and the south-east of England, where jobs are concentrated in professional fields, were most vulnerable, while workers in the north-east were least likely to be affected.
Additionally, people with higher education are more likely to be affected than those with lower education.
The analysis does not attempt to distinguish between jobs likely to be replaced by artificial intelligence and positions in which workers’ roles are augmented by new technologies. The British Department of Education said it is generally believed that 10% to 30% of existing jobs will be affected by artificial intelligence, but new jobs will also be created to take advantage of this emerging technology.
Earlier this year, a study by US researchers found that artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have taken away freelance jobs from copywriters and graphic designers.
"This report sets out how the education system and employers need to adapt to ensure the workforce has the necessary skills to benefit from this emerging technology," the Department for Education said.
Other earlier UK research has suggested that up to a third of UK jobs could be affected by some degree of automation over the next 20 years, but that most people would see the way they work change rather than be replaced by machines.