philip lelyveld The world of entertainment technology

AI is causing anxiety about the future of the workforce. But are there AI-proof jobs?

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I came upon a list that takes a thousand or so jobs and ranks them on something called AI exposure. That's essentially a measure of how much AI can help you do your job. As you'd expect, at the top of the list, more exposed are knowledge workers - writers, physicists, concierges. At the bottom, blue-collar and physical jobs - dancers, welders, short-order cooks. But here's the thing - exposure is not the same as this job will be automated. ...

He said if you can use AI to get a lot more productive and the world wants even more of what you're producing, then maybe your field will see an explosion of growth. ...

She wrote a paper with the economist Roberto Rigobon, and they kind of turned Daniel Rock's research inside out. Instead of looking at what tasks AI can help do, they asked, what are humans good for? ...

She and her co-author came up with something called the EPOCH score. It's an acronym. Covers empathy, presence, opinion, aka ethical judgment, creativity and a silent H, hope, the ability to plan and execute a vision. ...

If you have a very human task to do and a linked task that's very automatable, then you might be in a sweet spot where AI doesn't automate your job but rather augments it.  ...

Of course, this is all just a theory. AI might get a lot more human-like, or we might just not care that it's only simulating something like empathy. ...

See the full story here: https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5544378/ai-is-causing-anxiety-about-the-future-of-the-workforce-but-are-there-ai-proof-jobs