How will AI impact your job?

If you are a journalist/writer and scared of AI, here is some good news. A new study, “The New Work Smarts: Thriving in the New Work Order” by Australian consulting firm AlphaBeta shows that only 20% of journalistic or writing skills are the risk of being replaced by Artificial Intelligence. 

That is your job is only at risk if you are doing only the following:

• Write informational material.
• Review details of technical drawings or specifications.
• Research new technologies.
• Operate still or video cameras or related equipment.
• Operate communications, transmissions, or broadcasting equipment.
• Deliver items.

The remaining 80% of writers/journalists who:

• Coordinate reporting or editing activities.
• Determine technical requirements of productions or projects.
• Train service staff.
• Discuss business strategies, practices, or policies with managers.
• Confer with clients to determine needs.
• Analyse consumer trends.

are lesser impacted by AI.

Though the context is more Australian, and the data is mostly of American origin from the American Bureau of Labor, the findings have much relevance to people all across the world as the trends are quite universal.  You can find out more about the future of other skills based on the data sets developed by the AlphaBeta team here as also the methodology used by them.