Text: Crescent Moon
With the rapid rise of many emerging industries in the Internet era, many traditional artificial occupations are gradually being replaced. According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 15th, the national urban survey unemployment rate in February was 5.5%, up 0.2 percentage points year-on-year, of which the survey unemployment rate in 31 major cities and towns was 5.4%. This also means that many industries will no longer be rigid demand, and the employment pressure of job seekers is also increasing.
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, who served as Microsoft's global vice president, Google's global vice president, president of Greater China, and now chairman of the innovation workshop, predicted that with the advent of the era of artificial intelligence, in the next 10 or 20 years, 50% of the occupations will be replaced or eliminated by artificial intelligence; e-commerce giant Jack Ma has also predicted that 50% of the jobs will disappear in the next 10 years, and those who are engaged in the following 4 types of jobs are most likely to lose their jobs! Are you inside?
mediator
As we all know, an intermediary is someone who can help introduce a business and take a commission from it. There is a saying that "middlemen make the difference", and there are intermediaries in all walks of life. The agent who introduces the work is called "headhunter", and the person who introduces the seller is called the "broker". In the past, there were also middlemen in the livestock trade, called "tooth shops", and they did the work of "pulling bridges".
But intermediaries are people after all, subjective and arbitrary. In order to facilitate the transaction, they selectively provide information to their customers. The good side is exaggerated, and the bad one is shut up, and it has become the norm. There are even some "black intermediaries" who maliciously defraud intermediary fees by fabricating facts and concealing the truth, which is not uncommon in terms of renting and enrolling in schools.
According to a questionnaire survey of real estate agents, in the 18739 questionnaires recovered, 17654 people said that they "have no good feelings for real estate agents", of which up to 94.3% frankly said "cancel the intermediary", for the "closing tide" of real estate agents, more than 90% of ordinary buyers are "clapping their hands".
But in the future, the intermediary line may also be replaced by artificial intelligence, which has the advantage of providing customers with comprehensive data, relatively speaking, people may be more willing to believe in data analysis, and secondly, the fees charged will be much cheaper. No matter how many orders are negotiated, they are "free" and only need to be charged.
Bank clerks
The job of a bank clerk is a good "iron rice bowl" job for many people. In the past, banks handled business one-on-one, with long waiting times and not very efficient. Now, the emergence of payment software such as Alipay and WeChat has brought us convenience and reduced the number of times we need to go to the bank. Aside from business and bank cards, we rarely go to the bank anymore.
According to the statistics released by the Financial Licensing Information Platform of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, as of December 24, 2021, a total of 2,459 bank outlets across the country have announced the termination of business. It is worth mentioning that on December 24 alone, 29 commercial bank outlets closed their doors. At the same time, since 2018, mainland bank branches have declined sharply for four consecutive years. In 2020, Bank of China closed nearly 3,000 outlets.
The sharp reduction of bank branches has naturally led to the continuous streamlining of bank personnel. In the first half of 2021, the number of employees of the four major banks in mainland China decreased by 22,355. Some banks have begun to gradually use intelligent robots to replace people for related work, and some countries have even begun to introduce unmanned banks. It can be seen that with the continuous development of science and technology, bank employees may also face the risk of unemployment.
Translators
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, opened a translation agency at the beginning of his business, which is enough to see the importance of foreign languages. With the development of economic globalization, mastering a foreign language has become a "plus" for many enterprises to recruit. Moreover, mastering a foreign language is still the "entry threshold" for some occupations. Therefore, many people choose foreign language majors during their college years.
And with the development of science and technology, there are many real-time translation software on the market, with an accuracy rate of up to 99%, which is faster and more accurate than human translation. It is even possible to complete "simultaneous interpretation" directly. In the future, in addition to some high-level or small language translations will not be eliminated, ordinary English and Japanese translations will also be eliminated. It is worth mentioning that in terms of intelligent voice, our Chinese technology is the most powerful.
Assembly line workers
In the past, workers, as front-line workers on the production line of the workshop, played a vital role in the production of the factory. However, due to the low efficiency and fault tolerance rate of assembly line workers, they cannot adapt to the growing production environment. Many companies are slowly eliminating assembly line workers and replacing manpower with mechanical terminals, which can not only improve production efficiency, but also reduce costs.
In the future, there will certainly be more than these 4 occupations replaced by artificial intelligence, such as full-time drivers, couriers and other occupations will be replaced. Speaking of which, there must be many people who are worried, will mankind have no foothold in the future? Although most occupations will be replaced, some occupations are really "iron rice bowls" and do not have to worry about being snatched away by artificial intelligence.
For example, doctors, writers, artists, lawyers, researchers, engineers, journalists, etc., artificial intelligence can not be completely replaced for the time being. If we are now in these industries that may be eliminated, we also need to plan ahead, improve our capabilities, and prevent problems before they occur. Even if we face unemployment in the future, if we have the skills, we can enter other industries and start a new career.