These self-employed jobs face highest risk of A.I. takeover - Futurity

You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Self-employed people who work in some of the most popular--but lowest paid--occupations have the greatest risk of losing their job to artificial intelligence, experts say. With both self-employment and AI investment on the rise, independent sales people, drivers, and agriculture and construction workers face the greatest danger of having their jobs computerized, because the work is routine and low in technical expertise. "Those who are self-employed just don't have the same access to AI resources that corporate employees do, which makes it difficult for them to keep up with these technological advancements," says Kate Bezrukova, associate professor of organization and human resources in the School of Management at the University at Buffalo. The researchers conducted a systematic review of every study to date on artificial intelligence and the self-employed, and compared those findings to their own research on groups and teams from more than 20 published studies across several work settings.