Workers Are Naming The 27 Jobs AI Will Kill First, And Yo…

The article discusses ongoing concerns about AI's impact on job security, stemming from a Reddit thread where users shared predictions on jobs most likely to be replaced or significantly altered by AI. Key points include a wide range of professions at risk, such as software developers, captioning jobs, stock photography roles, typists, graphic designers, actors, online journalists, and low-level corporate positions. Many contributors emphasized that virtually all jobs could be affected, highlighting a broad societal and economic shift due to AI advancements.

\ \ by Victoria VouloumanosBuzzFeed Contributor

It feels like every week brings another headline about AI replacing jobs or changing entire industries. So when someone asked the internet, "What jobs will actually die because of AI?" hundreds of people jumped into the conversation. More than 650 comments later, workers across various industries had weighed in on which careers they think are most at risk, whether because they're already seeing AI change their jobs or because they think it's only a matter of time.

Here are 27 of the most interesting predictions:

1."Software developers are in big trouble. The job won't die entirely, but there will be far fewer of them making any money. It's becoming easier and easier for product owners to simply describe what they want and get a good-enough implementation."

Person typing code on a laptop, screen shows lines of programming code

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— u/fenton7

2."I can say this one from experience: captioning telephone calls."

— u/Mr_Midnight_Moon

3."Stock photographer, stock photograph model, and selling stock photographs."

— u/wonderhorsemercury

4."Everything you can do on a computer. People have no idea what's coming."

— u/clarkymlarky

5."Typists and secretaries. My mum spent her life typing dictations of doctors — listening and typing it out, day in, day out."

Person typing on a laptop, focusing on hands and keyboard in a work setting

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— u/emmettiow

6."Graphic designers."

— u/Mariasolvv

7."Actors. AI is getting to the point where it can generate live-action movie scenes that are actually decent. I can see a future where actors function more like models and sell their likeness to AI film companies."

— u/SatisfactionSenior65

8."There's no way conventional moviemaking as we know it doesn't get absolutely gutted in the next 10 years."

A person in a leather coat and tie is being interviewed in a park. Cameras and microphones suggest a professional production setting

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— u/brokenmessiah

9."Entry-level corporate jobs."

— u/No-Flatworm750

10."Digital art in any form. Over the past couple of years it's gone from laughably bad to hard to tell it's AI at a glance. Give it some more time to cook and it'll be impossible."

— u/Shadowmant

11."What I currently see is online journalists for the big sites. They're there for the clicks, and AI has tons of examples. Pretty easy to do with a small team of engineers. Good journalists are unfortunately rare."

— u/Imaginary-Paper-6177

12."I think a lot of data reading and data auditing jobs will die. If you're creating a BI report or Excel sheet, reading it and presenting options to the C-suite, I'd be looking to upskill."

Person at desk analyzing spreadsheets on dual monitors, focusing on data management and analysis

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— u/ubelblatt

13."Things like actuarial scientists, stock advisors, and second-rate journalism."

— u/igotshadowbaned

14."Auto claims adjusting jobs."

— u/InterPan_Galactic

15."Only the 1% of 'thirst trap' influencers will survive AI. Absolutely perfectly hot women will be a dime a dozen, and it's not like the human ones were any less fake anyway."

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— u/inhalingsounds

16."Low-level document jobs, assistant jobs, accounting jobs below managers, manufacturing planner jobs, buyers, and shipping managers."

— u/Radiant-Month-1168

17."I think marketing will take a big hit — designing websites, flyers, newsletters, creating logos and the like."

— u/MrJoeMe

18."Consultants."

— u/KtownLegion

19."Historians. (I am a historian.)"

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— u/SR_RSMITH

20."Technical writing. Think medical science liaison, where the skill is translating scientific studies into a more readable format. LLMs fill this niche quite well."

— u/superhelical

21."'Vibe coders,' 'prompt engineers' or any other job created because of the AI hype. Anyone can write a prompt and mindlessly copy-paste what the AI produces. It'll be poor quality, as usual."

— u/HRudy94

22."Billable hours for law firms. All those junior associates going through relevant case law for $200 an hour? Poof."

A hand reaches for a legal book on a library shelf, symbolizing research or work-related learning

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— u/SurroundTiny

23."CEO. Best suited for replacement by an overconfident, error-prone bot who talks about the work of others but doesn't understand it."

— u/Forsaken-Praline1611

24."The majority of voiceover work."

— u/Juan_Paz

25."Court reporter, truck drivers, data entry, shelf stocking, cashiers."

— u/OceanGateTitan

26."Call centers."

People working in a call center, sitting in cubicles with headsets, focused on their computer screens

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— u/TheWurstOfMe

27.And, "There are literally no jobs that will not be affected by AI. We are talking about an entire fundamental societal and economic shift."

— u/triplesalmon

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lobster_lemon_lime 1 hour ago

Aug 9, 20269:41 am

Meh, I think just like with the advent of the internet and email, the job duties will just be shifted to something else. The negative thing is that as parts of the job automate, more is expected of human workers without the increase in wages or benefits. There was a news article several... Read more

Workers Are Naming The 27 Jobs AI Will Kill First, And Yours Might Be On The List

Here are 27 of the most interesting predictions:

1."Software developers are in big trouble. The job won't die entirely, but there will be far fewer of them making any money. It's becoming easier and easier for product owners to simply describe what they want and get a good-enough implementation."

2."I can say this one from experience: captioning telephone calls."

3."Stock photographer, stock photograph model, and selling stock photographs."

4."Everything you can do on a computer. People have no idea what's coming."

5."Typists and secretaries. My mum spent her life typing dictations of doctors — listening and typing it out, day in, day out."

6."Graphic designers."

7."Actors. AI is getting to the point where it can generate live-action movie scenes that are actually decent. I can see a future where actors function more like models and sell their likeness to AI film companies."

8."There's no way conventional moviemaking as we know it doesn't get absolutely gutted in the next 10 years."

9."Entry-level corporate jobs."

10."Digital art in any form. Over the past couple of years it's gone from laughably bad to hard to tell it's AI at a glance. Give it some more time to cook and it'll be impossible."

11."What I currently see is online journalists for the big sites. They're there for the clicks, and AI has tons of examples. Pretty easy to do with a small team of engineers. Good journalists are unfortunately rare."

12."I think a lot of data reading and data auditing jobs will die. If you're creating a BI report or Excel sheet, reading it and presenting options to the C-suite, I'd be looking to upskill."

13."Things like actuarial scientists, stock advisors, and second-rate journalism."

14."Auto claims adjusting jobs."

15."Only the 1% of 'thirst trap' influencers will survive AI. Absolutely perfectly hot women will be a dime a dozen, and it's not like the human ones were any less fake anyway."

16."Low-level document jobs, assistant jobs, accounting jobs below managers, manufacturing planner jobs, buyers, and shipping managers."

17."I think marketing will take a big hit — designing websites, flyers, newsletters, creating logos and the like."

18."Consultants."

19."Historians. (I am a historian.)"

20."Technical writing. Think medical science liaison, where the skill is translating scientific studies into a more readable format. LLMs fill this niche quite well."

21."'Vibe coders,' 'prompt engineers' or any other job created because of the AI hype. Anyone can write a prompt and mindlessly copy-paste what the AI produces. It'll be poor quality, as usual."

22."Billable hours for law firms. All those junior associates going through relevant case law for $200 an hour? Poof."

23."CEO. Best suited for replacement by an overconfident, error-prone bot who talks about the work of others but doesn't understand it."

24."The majority of voiceover work."

25."Court reporter, truck drivers, data entry, shelf stocking, cashiers."

26."Call centers."

27.And, "There are literally no jobs that will not be affected by AI. We are talking about an entire fundamental societal and economic shift."

What do you think? Are there any jobs you believe AI is likely to replace, or are some of the predictions overblown? Let us know in the comments below.

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