Technology is changing quickly: experts once said driving was too complex a task to be automated, but now Tesla and Google have unveiled self-driving cars. Technologists have often said robots will take over the repetitive, uncreative jobs and leave the idea generation to us, but recently an AI wrote a screenplay. In fact, robots are already doing complex tasks, such as examining patients remotely.
So what does the future hold? As technology rapidly progresses, it’s safe to say that some professions could easily be computerised. Will yours be one of them?
Find out if your job could be done by a computer
Robots are coming to take your job! … or are they? Take the test to find out if your career choice is safe or not.
75% to 100% chance a robot will take your job
Watch out! You’re in a career with many skills that are easy to automate, so it could potentially be computerised in the future.
50% to 75% chance a robot will take your job
Uh-oh! You’re in a job with some skills that are easy to automate, so it could potentially be computerised in the future.
25% to 50% chance a robot will take your job
Looking (pretty) good! You’re in a job with some skills that are hard to automate, so it’s unlikely to be computerised in the future.
0% to 25% chance a robot will take your job
Hooray! You’re sitting pretty in a job that is very difficult to automate, so unlikely to be computerised in the future.
Does your job require persuasion skills?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Are you required to care for and help others?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Do you need to pick up on social cues in your work?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Does your job require you to come up with original ideas?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Do you need to negotiate?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Does your job require you to squeeze into small spaces?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Does your job require manual dexterity or finger dexterity?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Are you required to use fine art skills at work?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Do you need to come up with clever solutions?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
This quiz is based on the probability of computerisation factors highlighted in ‘The future of employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerisation?’ by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A Osborne.
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