From telemarketers to English teachers, these jobs are most in danger of being taken over by robots in the AI revolution

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Telemarketers and teachers won’t have much job security in the A.I. era. Of all professions, their work is the most likely to be taken over by chatbots that can write detailed essays and provide specific responses to queries about anything and everything—all in milliseconds. 

A paper published earlier this month by researchers from New York University, University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University identified the industries and occupations that are more exposed to the development of A.I.-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT, which have gained millions of users over the past few months. The study found jobs that are most in danger are telemarketers and teachers of literature, history, law, and languages. 

In terms of the most exposed industries, the researchers cited legal services, financial services, insurance, and credit card banking.

Here are the top 5 occupations most exposed to advances in language modeling

1 Telemarketers
2 English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
3 Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
4 History Teachers, Postsecondary
5 Law Teachers, Postsecondary

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