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Ranking Industries by Their Potential for AI Automation
Visual Capitalist ^ | 06/30/2023 | Marcus Lu and Sabrina Lam

Posted on 06/30/2023 9:31:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Since the release of tools like ChatGPT, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to permeate industries worldwide, transforming the way we work and live.

To gain insight into this rapidly evolving landscape, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu and Sabrina Lam - using data from MSCI - has ranked U.S. industries by their estimated share of employment that could be exposed to AI-driven automation.

Data and Highlights

This analysis comes from a March 2023 report published by Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research.

The authors estimated automation exposure for over 900 U.S. jobs using the O*NET occupational database, which provides details on the types of tasks each occupation conducts. Exposure estimates were then weighted by the employment share of each occupation, and aggregated to the industry level.

IndustryEstimated Share of U.S. Employment Exposed to AI (%)
Office and administrative support46%
Legal44%
Architecture and engineering37%
Life, physical, and social science36%
Business and financial operations35%
Community and social service33%
Management32%
Sales and related31%
Computer and Mathematical29%
Farming, fishing, and forestry28%
Protective service28%
Healthcare practitioners and technical28%
Educational instruction and library27%
Healthcare support26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media26%
All industries average25%
Personal care and service19%
Food preparation and serving related12%
Transportation and material moving11%
Production9%
Construction and extraction6%
Installation, maintenance, and repair4%
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance1%

According to these findings, “office and administrative support” will likely be the most affected by AI-driven automation at 46%. This transformation could largely impact common tasks such as data entry, scheduling meetings, and document management.

The second highest industry, “legal”, trails close behind at 44%. AI is expected to automate legal processes like contract analysis, and could even be used to anticipate court case outcomes.

As expected, industries that won’t be heavily impacted are those that rely heavily on manual labor, like “construction and extraction.”

Benchmarking the Automated Future

AI is still a very new and developing technology. How it will impact labor productivity in the future depends on its capability (how fast it improves) and adoption (how quickly people and businesses begin using it).

Adoption rates are unlikely to be the same around the world, as survey results have shown that some countries are more optimistic towards AI than others.

Under the most aggressive scenario, Goldman Sachs believes that AI automation could impact up to 300 million jobs globally and potentially result in a 7% increase in annual GDP (equal to about $7 trillion).

Given AI’s massive potential for disruption, it’s more important than ever for investors to stay ahead. That’s why MSCI has created the MSCI ACWI IMI Robotics & AI Index, which benchmarks an investable universe of companies associated with the adoption of AI, robotics, and automation.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: ai; automation; industries; jobs

1 posted on 06/30/2023 9:31:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Open the pod bay doors, please, Hal.

It’s only a matter of time before they send a replicant to kill Sarah Connor.


2 posted on 06/30/2023 9:41:11 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Our empire of sodomy is failing as it should. How else could it go? )
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To: cdcdawg

Before?

She’s dead, Jim.


3 posted on 06/30/2023 9:55:27 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: cdcdawg

AI is already impacting “The Narrative”.
What happens when our current propagandists lose control?


4 posted on 06/30/2023 9:56:39 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-AaA)
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To: SeekAndFind

Despair and unemployment are the future of America, but bidenomics will bring back the American Dream.

Yeah.


5 posted on 06/30/2023 11:16:07 PM PDT by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: SeekAndFind

Management AI will soon have everyone under constant supervision, with misbehavior detected, judged, and an electric shock administered within milliseconds, efficiently rewiring any brain, permanently. You’d better download that AI supervisor app before your wife does. The first mover is boss for life.


6 posted on 06/30/2023 11:36:06 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: SeekAndFind

Circle back for ai


7 posted on 07/01/2023 12:10:44 AM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: 353FMG

"...bidenomics will bring back the American Dream..."

.

"That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

― George Carlin

8 posted on 07/01/2023 4:23:51 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: SeekAndFind

The AI thing only perpetuates the dark side of our financial system.

I like Barbara Guth’s idea to create a new one.

Her ideas are consistent with freedom and individual sovereignty because she elevates the inventor over the investor.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/author-barbara-guth-releases-sequel-041500713.html


9 posted on 07/01/2023 5:16:01 AM PDT by Son of Donegal
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s already impacting the legal industry in that it can easily replace a lawyer for writing contracts and agreements.


10 posted on 07/01/2023 5:43:06 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

11 posted on 07/01/2023 8:47:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Son of Donegal

We’ve accepted what they’ve given us, but what they’ve given us is garbage. The whole system needs to be remade.


12 posted on 07/01/2023 2:49:20 PM PDT by Son of Donegal
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