10 Jobs May Be Replaced By Robots In 10 Years

Do you believe Artificial Intelligence(A.I) robots can replace most of the jobs in future? Since the starting of the computer and chip-set, our life destined to be changed. We are still in the transition to become a robotics world. In this article, we are going to discuss the top 10 jobs may be replaced by robots.

First, let us check out the advantages of AI robots:

Fast and Efficient

Standardized Quality

No Overtime claims

Scheduled starting and ending time

Effortless

Robots do everything

Robots not afraid of heat, cold, pain, etc

Look at the advantages above, Does human able to cover advantages above? No. Robots with a proper Artificial Intelligence program can easily replace repeated tasks.

Next, let’s look at some jobs that very high possible will disappear in future and replaced by artificial intelligence.

Cashier: Top Job Will Be Replaced By Robots

This is the top job will be replaced by artificial intelligence robots in my ranking. The cashier required to scan the items that customers wanted to buy, receive the payment before exiting the shop.

Since the rise of the internet and improvement of security for authentication for payment, actually now is mature to let robots to replace the human cashier works.

I am quite impressed with the staff less store concept introduced by Amazon called Amazon Go. Amazon Go not required to scan anything during exit the shop. The customer just walks in as usual and walk out after picking up the groceries needed.

The sensor inside the shop will detect the items you picked up. And will charge to your account after exiting the shop.

Seriously, I thought this will only happen in the virtual world such as games. But now it is happening in the real world. So imagine if, every shop implements the same thing, then the cashier job will have a big impact.

The cost for this kind of technology might be expensive and many shops may not afford to implement this technology. However, don’t forget that the rise of E-wallet technology. The seller may just put a scanner before the exit and customer can make payment themselves with no cashier involved.

I guess the cashier job will disappear in the advanced country soon. Reasons are because the acceptance of the people and the technology requirement can be fulfilled easily.

Amazon Go

Receptionists: Robots Standby 24 Hours

Receptionists normally performed in the waiting area such as a hotel lobby, office entrance. When people come in, then the receptionists need to support and ask for their needs.

This is the job robots can replace that. We just need to install the program to the robots with some menus such as Q&A, introduction, activation, who to meet.

The robots more can working 24 hours, to reduce the work to schedule the night shift for humans.

The technology for A.I and Machine Learning even made them work better than humans.

Let’s imagine, when you are entering a hotel lobby, a robot will welcome you and provide all help to you. You will then collect the key and move into the room. The robots will handle all the paperwork.

However, I still wonder the resilience capability for a robot. For example, a robber walks into the hotel. What the robot will do? Or should have a robot security guard as well? Or will call the police immediately?

Whenever there is a new thing, there will be a disadvantage. However, I believe they will overcome it after it happens. Just robots also need experience to adapt to the human world.

Robot Receptionist

Librarians: Robots Join The Library

Librarians are the person who works professionals in the library. The job scopes including providing information to users, arrange the books, update the book’s info, etc.

However, since the rising of computers and technology, many libraries starting to transform become an online library. The e-book also starting to become a trend because of many advantages such as portable, searching easily, won’t be broken.

Since the e-book becomes more popular nowadays, I believe physical library quantity will be reducing. I guess librarians will transform too to become E-library administrator and data entry.

Well, what if the physical library librarians? Similar to the receptionist, the job can be replaced by robots too.

So, questions? Just ask, and the robots will answer your question very efficient.

Library Inventory Robot

Telemarketer: Robots Get Deals For You

Telemarketer is the person who approach the potential customer to sell the services or products. Seriously, the telemarketer is a boring and repetitive job. Telemarketer has to call a few hundred calls per day to get the sales.

If you are a smartphone user, you know Siri or Google Assistant. You can ask whatever you want to know. The Siri or Google Assistant always can give you a creative reply and good recommendations.

Of course, A.I and Machine Learning is also the booster for the technology. So, we can implement this technology to Telemarketer too.

However, the challenges are still the robots pronouns does not sound natural and have some delay. But I believe in the coming 10 years this challenge can break thru.

So, you are still wondering machine able to talk like humans? I recommended you visit for the Google Duplex blog. It’s very impressed.

Maybe in future you cannot differentiate between human and artificial intelligence robot voice.

Google Duplex: Learn From Human Voice

Cleaner: Robots Do The Dirty Work

Cleaner here included maid, toilet cleaner, road cleaner, dishwasher, etc. So, the cleaner job scope is to clean the items or place.

The cleaner is not a good job.

Why do I say so? Because normally cleaner has a low salary and have to use a lot of energy to make the item and place clean.

If the person got options, normally they won’t choose a cleaner for their job. So, what if nobody wants to do the job in future? Artificial intelligence robot will do.

The cleaning process also is a repeated activity, which is not required to communicate with humans. The robot just needs to be programmed and scheduled to run the activities. It is fast, efficient and can standby 24 hours.

Well, if you watch the movie I, Robot, then you can imagine how the robots world. The popular Robot Three Laws in the movie.

A robot: – May not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm – Must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law – Must protect its own existence as long as protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws Isaac Asimov

Cleaning Robots

Waiters and Waitresses: Robots Serve Better

Waiters and waitresses required to get the order from a customer, serve the food and drinks to customers and collect payment.

In fact, the job scope above already replaced by artificial intelligence robot nowadays (Not future!).

We see restaurants already started to implement auto-machine at the front door. Just order when you enter the restaurant and make the payment, it will deliver the food to you by artificial intelligence robots.

Some restaurants also have an iPad in front of each customer. Whenever customers want to order then just touch the iPad. It’s efficient and no argument for the wrong order.

I can say this transformation will be soon. The seller able to cut the cost to hire employees, the customer also can order food efficiently too.

Let’s check out the robotic restaurant from the video below. Are you still require humans to serve the food to you when robots can do the same job with efficient and clean?

Robot Restaurant

Office Administrator: Replaced By Workflow System

An office administrator is responsible for day-to-day tasks including answering the calls, prepare for the purchase order, meeting arrangement, office equipment maintenance.

As now the workflow system is mature, system can do most of the office administrator task.

I believe we need more system administrator rather than an office administrator in future which may do the tasks such as to monitor system, maintain the system, data entry.

Understand Workflow System

Newspaper And Magazine Author: Robots Write It

You no need to wait in future, can’t believe that now the artificial intelligence technology already advanced that able to generate an article for you just given some keywords.

Now is just the starting of the A.I and what if after 10 years? Newspaper or magazine just need input data and then will generate news in seconds.

In fact, sport news is a good starting point. Pre-set A.I program, then once the result updated, then news generated. Such an efficient and fast method. A. I program more will analysis the best wording, grammar for giving the best attraction to the readers.

The scariest part is you can’t differentiate the article written by human or AI. So, how do you know I wrote this article with AI or human? Check out the info here.

Will Authors Replaced By Robots?

Chef: Cooking Machine Cook For You

You will be impressed if you go to a restaurant where the food is prepared by artificial intelligence robots. This is not a future or dream, but it already happens now in some restaurants now.

The robot cooks can provide standard quality food to the customer. All menu and recipe already pre-program in the robot. Once the customer order, robots just collect the food ingredients and follow the recipe to cook. Such an efficient robot.

While humans may make mistakes, forgot to put salt, they do not standardize a portion, etc. The customer may not eat at the restaurant again because of the mistakes.

Anyway, I am not sure how the artificial intelligence can be improved, now humans still take the responsibility to improve for the food tastes, and thinking for the best ingredients mixed. Artificial intelligence possible to archive auto optimized food taste in future too.

Could AI develop the brand new food or keep improving the food taste? This still a question marks.

Auto-cooking machine

Driver: Replaced By Auto-Driving

The driver soon will become a past tense job. Artificial Intelligence auto-driving technology is developed aggressively now. Many companies are research on the safest technology to let the auto-driving to replace human jobs in future.

The auto-driving technology still not the perfect. Many grey areas still require humans to decide, especially the situation that never met before. The human still able to make a quick decision when an emergency, but if robots maybe it will hang there. That’s the reason the auto-driving car still requires humans to monitor the driving process.

But this cannot be an excuse to stop from auto driving. AI deep learning and machine learning is the key point to reduce those situations.

However, the biggest challenge for auto driving is responsibility. Who will take responsibility if there is an accident happen during the auto-driving?

Will humans blame the robots because didn’t stop when there is a cat in front of the car? Or blame the robots because stop the car to save the cat’s life and let the lorry behind to hit your car?

Final Thoughts

So, above are the jobs may be replaced by artificial intelligence robots in future (possible in 10 years). Do you see the same thing of the above job listed?

Yeah, all the job repeated the task every day. When the task is repeated every day, then not much different compare a robot to a machine.

How we can jump from the repeated loop? try to do something new.

When I studied for Project Management, there are 2 terms, project and production. What are the differences?

Production is the task that doing every day and keep repeating, but Projects always changed. Project scope, human resources, budget, the aim always changed for a different project.

So, if you are still looking for a new job or fresh graduate, always find a job that is not repeated every day.

You have competitors in the world now, robots. One day your value is lower than a robot then you will quickly be replaced by the robots.

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