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What Jobs will/won’t exist due to AI in 30 years

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NewYearss · 04/01/2026 18:53

I am imagining a utopian state where people who don’t want to work get a universal income across the world. Those who work get a much higher standard of living. So what jobs will still be needed.

I’m thinking the majority of medical jobs are still needed.
Teaching will be AI led but we will need ‘babysitters’ in school.
We will need highly skilled people like accountants, lawyers but far fewer.

I actually think the only area where we might need more people is for leisure activities for those now not working. So cafes, gyms etc.

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myotheraccountsa · 04/01/2026 19:29

Physical jobs that still require a degree of contextual judgement will still be needed. Builders, plumbers, electricians. Vets, dentists.

Things like therapists and pyschiatrists might be replaceable but it would be very "uncanny valley". Humans want human empathy when they are in distress. Same goes for a number of care giver roles, even if some sort of robot watchman / housekeeper was possible for elderly care.

PennyLaneisinmyheartandmysoul · 04/01/2026 19:30

Advertising, journalism, project management?

FFSToEverythingSince2020 · 04/01/2026 19:37

IP. The area of intellectual property has become even more complex since AI. We need legal precedents and we need them yesterday, to have any hope of protecting against AI-assisted IP theft. And then it’s going to take a while to use the newly established precedence to clean up the backlog of stuff stolen while AI was the unregulated Wild West. Eventually, in this version of a utopian future, copyright and trademark would be handled by a single worldwide office, with worldwide powers. A lot of people use current jurisdictional differences to play silly buggers.

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