ChatGPT May Be Coming For Our Jobs
ChatGPT, a powerful new AI from research firm OpenAI, may be coming for your job. According to global outplacement and executive coaching company Challenger, Gray & Christmas, it will eliminate some jobs but enhance others and create new ones.
But it can also be tricked. A recent post on Stack Overflow shows how to use custom prompts to get ChatGPT to write spam emails or malware.
Market Analyst
As its name suggests, ChatGPT’s main function is to analyze market trends and data. It also conducts research and guides companies on daily operations and profit strategies. It can even help create marketing campaigns.
The software can quickly produce high-quality copy for things like marketing emails, social media posts and long-form content marketing pieces. This makes it highly valuable for companies aiming to maximize sales. But while it can do these tasks well, it cannot infuse them with creativity or instill human quirks. This could save jobs for writers worried about being replaced by AI, who may still need to craft catchy ad copies and emotive emails.
While it has a lot of potential, ChatGPT is still not advanced enough to replace humans in more complex roles. For instance, it cannot crack the bar and medical licensing exams in the US or write songs or apps. It can also still be fooled by simple tricks. But despite these limitations, the bot is already being used in numerous professional fields.
Some companies are looking for workers with ChatGPT experience, including protein shake company PhotoAiD and digital health startup Lasso MD. The latter even has a job listing for a “Klaviyo + ChatGPT email marketing super expert,” offering $18 to $50 an hour.
Other industries utilizing the tech include sales and legal. According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the chatbot is best equipped to take over positions that are repetitive and based on language requirements. That includes roles in customer service, marketing, sales, and writing (including drafting call scripts, emails and court briefs).
However, it is not expected to threaten higher-level analytical jobs that involve analysis and research, which require critical thinking and the ability to work under pressure. Vacslav Glukhov, an AI researcher with two decades of experience in quantitative research and trading at JPMorgan, believes that while low-level positions will be affected by ChatGPT, more complicated analytical jobs will remain safe from automation. That is because AI has a hard time producing original ideas and can only rehash existing ones.
Lawyer
ChatGPT is a powerful AI that has caused a buzz across the world. Its take-up has been unprecedented for the technology. It has captured people’s imagination and held their attention, unlike any other piece of AI to date. Many of the biggest names in artificial intelligence are warning about its potential to replace jobs. This includes the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, as well as the chief scientist of Google DeepMind and a number of university professors. It’s not the first time that people have worried about machines threatening non-college professions, but this is perhaps the most high profile example yet.
One of the sectors that has been most impacted by the rise of ChatGPT is the legal industry. The software has been touted as an excellent assistant for lawyers and can even be used to write contracts, among other things. This has raised concerns among lawyers who fear that they will lose their jobs to the machine.
Despite these fears, it’s unlikely that ChatGPT will fully replace lawyers anytime soon. While it may be able to replace some of the less-skilled administrative tasks, it’s not likely to be able to handle more complex legal matters. Lawyers have been under pressure for years to provide faster, more operationally oriented solutions to clients. AI will increase that pressure to a whole new level.
In addition, it’s not impossible for humans to outpace AI at certain tasks. For instance, there are many stories of AI chatbots confidently delivering complete fabrications. This type of irresponsible use of the technology could lead to serious harm.
While it’s important to remember that the impact of ChatGPT will be gradual, the fact remains that it is already changing our lives. It’s a useful tool for those who don’t want to spend hours researching, writing, and editing a blog post or article. It can also be used to help with more complicated matters, such as explaining quantum mechanics in simple terms.
However, it’s important to remember that ChatGPT isn’t as sophisticated as other AI tools, like CoCounsel, which are designed to be more efficient than traditional TAR (technology assisted review). It’s still a powerful tool that can greatly improve the productivity of paralegals and other law firm employees. It’s just a matter of time before it becomes more widely available and becomes more effective at performing a variety of legal tasks.
Doctor
When it comes to replacing humans with AI, few jobs look as ripe for disruption as medicine. In the near future, doctors may have to answer patients’ questions via chatbots like ChatGPT. While generative AI programs have shown some promise in diagnosing and dispensing medical advice, they’re still prone to erratic behavior and can’t completely replace human judgment.
Rather, they can assist physicians by answering basic questions and freeing up time for doctors to focus on more complex cases. One recent study found that ChatGPT’s responses were rated higher on quality and empathy than those of physicians. In fact, the AI program’s responses were rated 9.8 times more empathetic than physician answers, according to the study published in JAMA.
This is important, as physicians are already under pressure and struggling with burnout. In addition, they often struggle to find the right answers to patient questions. This can be a difficult task when dealing with complex conditions, such as cancer, or when a patient is in distress.
To test the effectiveness of ChatGPT, researchers turned to Reddit’s f/AskDocs community with its 500,000 members. They randomly selected and analyzed the questions and responses posted to the subreddit. The responses were rated by real doctors, and it was unclear whether they were a doctor or ChatGPT.
The results showed that ChatGPT was able to provide accurate, empathetic and detailed answers to medical questions. The program also did a better job of referring people to resources. The scientists hope that their research will lead to more companies offering generative AI programs for health care.
For now, however, generative AI still requires human judgment to avoid bias and misinformation. In some instances, the bots can even hallucinate facts and produce sexist, racist and all-around problematic behavior.
Until generative AI is able to perform more tasks at once and incorporate data inputs from voice and body language, it’s probably best viewed as an assistant rather than a replacement for doctors. In fact, parents should consider prodding their children toward careers in nursing or other health-related fields if they want to avoid the threat of being replaced by an AI program like ChatGPT.
Accountant
The development of AI like ChatGPT has many people wondering if it’s going to take over our jobs. But the truth is, it will likely only be a tool that can enhance your work and save you time. It won’t replace your job completely, especially for high-level accounting tasks that require expert judgment.
Rather, you should consider using it as an assistant to help you with repetitive data entry tasks and free you up to do more analysis. Using it in the right way can make you more efficient and can be a valuable resource for your clients.
It’s important to remember that ChatGPT is a language model. It processes information based on patterns and statistical associations, so it can’t think in the same way that humans do. It’s also limited to what it’s been programmed to understand. It can only respond to specific questions, and it can’t grasp nuances like sarcasm or irony. It also can’t comprehend context or the complexities of situations that may arise in the workplace.
Because of this, it’s important to use these tools wisely and to only rely on them for simple tasks that don’t require human judgment. It’s also a good idea to review any responses you receive from these apps to ensure they are accurate. It’s also important to avoid putting any confidential or proprietary information into these applications, even if they claim they are secure.
Accountants are in a unique position to be able to harness the power of AI to improve their workflows and provide value for their clients. Many software providers now integrate AI into their products, making it easier than ever to automate routine tasks and enhance data analysis. But if you’re not careful, the dangers of AI can outweigh its benefits.
Fortunately, the latest study shows that human accountants outperformed ChatGPT at accounting exams. This is a promising sign that these types of technologies are still in their infancy, and it’s important to keep in mind that they will only become more advanced as they’re used more often. But it’s still important to remember that there are some jobs that a machine will never be able to replace, no matter how smart it becomes.
