Top 10 Jobs Most Likely to Disappear in the Future
In the next century, almost every existing job could potentially be automated. This includes more than half of the common basic jobs worldwide.Cashiers, transportation workers, print writers, delivery personnel, and even many creative occupations could become obsolete. Thanks to advancements in AI, robots may take over most household chores, and nearly everything could be done with the click of a button.
Note that these are just predictions and may become inaccurate over time.
In the next few decades, newspapers will become obsolete as the internet becomes widespread in all countries. If newspapers still exist, mailmen could be replaced by flying drones or similar robots that deliver daily mail. But why should we read newspapers when we have easy access to online articles?
Even creative professions could be replaced by AI. In fact, there are some story generators on the web that you can use for free.
In the next century, you won't even have to write a book anymore. Whether it's a short story or a novel, AI can do that for you. Be it a short horror story, an essay, an article, or even a 50,000+ word novel, AI will handle it. All you have to do is pick the genre, protagonist, story length, and other elements, and the AI will create the literature you wish, in an instant.
We will just sit there enjoying our self-generated books instead of manually writing or even buying any book. This could also apply to almost any creative occupation, including music.
Since in-person teaching has declined since the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are turning to homeschooling, and online learning has become prominent. In the next decade(s), there could eventually be websites or other digital forms of teaching powered by AI that could teach students most of the information necessary for everyday life, from kindergarten to college level, thus making this job almost obsolete.
In the event that AI becomes more intelligent than humans, we will have to rely on robots sharing their knowledge with us.
This job has been slowly declining since the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of online buying. Eventually, in the next several decades, cashiers and retail workers could become obsolete and be replaced by AI and high-tech maintenance robots, at least in first-world countries.
There is already a self-functioning grocery store powered by Amazon without checkout registers. Customers walk into the store, choose what they want or need, and then walk out without the presence of any cashiers. The only thing you need is an Amazon account with some money on it, and you're done.
I doubt there will still be presidents governing their countries in the future, as they could be replaced by a world government.
This is similar to the situation for retail workers and cashiers. Eventually, machine learning could equal or almost equal human intelligence to the point that machines can follow basic cooking procedures. This applies to restaurants or any building that serves food. With enough machine learning, there could be many Gordon Ramsay-like robots manning the kitchen.
This is similar to other transportation jobs. Considering there are already self-driving cars, although very limited, this job could become obsolete as self-driving becomes widespread. In the future, you could call a nearby car that picks you up, tell a bot your destination, and the AI will do the rest of the driving for you.
Robotic vacuum cleaners exist. They can clean floors without human control and are quieter than manual vacuum cleaners, but they still struggle with issues. In the next century or even less, self-functional advanced cleaning robots could replace janitors. These robots could be extremely efficient and capable of mopping stained walls and even ceilings.
We already have advanced grammar-correcting apps such as Grammarly, and auto-correction is built into smartphones. In the next fifty years or so, more intelligent grammar apps will be widespread throughout the digital world, and editing grammar errors in articles and books will be just a click of a button. The downside is that people won't be able to exercise their language skills due to the sheer reliance on this technology.
The Newcomers
Mining has to be one of the worst jobs of all time. Luckily, manual mining is very much a thing of the past, and robotic mining is on the horizon.
Will we need a call center in the 2100s? Nope. Advanced AI would cover that. Chatbots could solve even the most complex problems for a customer without needing a human. There are already intelligent chatbots that can answer basic customer questions and serve a customer service role today. This could become widespread in the next two decades, or even sooner.
This job could become obsolete in the next few decades, and a bit later in some Southeast Asian countries. Automated household items or "maid/butler robots," or a combination of both, will replace this occupation. With everything automated, you won't have to do basic household chores, or at least seldomly.
Traditional warfare (sending soldiers, sailors, marines to fight in a combat zone) is less common than it once was due to the declining prevalence of war and technological changes, namely cyberwarfare and drones.
Most of the best military powers now rely on this technology. Many military officers and experts have stated that robot soldiers will be the future of the military. Being a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine is such an unpleasant job that it cannot be made desirable. Human officers will always be needed to think critically and often have degrees in science and engineering, though the nature of their jobs will be very different.
Maybe in the future, we could just throw our trash into the digital world, like putting your useless files into the recycle bin, if you know what I mean.
It is possible that religion will fade in the future due to the domination of future technology.
Same goes for practically every transportation job.
There is currently something called VAR, so it could eventually change.
