7 Jobs Humans Can Do Better Than Robots And AI Posted on : Mar 05 - 2019

While robots and artificial intelligence are certainly able to do many things humans once did, there are still jobs humans can do better than robots.

The rise of artificial intelligence or AI in the past decades has resulted in collective anxiety around the world. The common apprehension is that there will be massive loss of jobs as robots and computers eventually replace employees. The fear is not without some basis; after all, robots and computers have proven to be far better than humans at executing certain tasks. However, it must be noted that not all jobs will eventually be replaced by AI. So, what’s the secret to staying ahead and remaining employable? The answer lies in knowing both what AI is capable of doing better than humans and what humans are capable of doing better than AI.

Jobs AI Can Replace

It is no secret that many jobs have been taken over by AI. For example, many manual tasks performed by human hands are now fully automated. But while it is true that AI is constantly advancing, the prediction that robots and computers will completely replace humans is for the most part exaggerated. This is based on the fact that the jobs replaced by advanced technology are usually confined to tasks that are relatively simple. Take for example machine learning. Machine learning is widely used today, but its function is often limited to one task involving one input and one output. Suppose that a program is capable of telling which photos show a human face and which do not. The program only has one output; that is, to identify which among the input are photos of human faces.

Although programs such as the one described above has various applications, it has two disadvantages. Firstly, massive amounts of data are necessary for the program to be able to perform the task well. Thus, the sample program will need to learn from a great deal of photos—thousands to millions—in order to learn what a human face looks like. Second, developing such programs are resource-intensive, requiring time, labor, and investments for them to be effective enough to perform jobs.

So how do we know which jobs are more likely to be replaced by AI? According to some researchers, AI will most likely replace jobs that have one output. View More