Giving Compass' Take:

• Experts say that self-employed people who work in some of the most popular—but lowest paid—occupations have the greatest risk of losing their job to artificial intelligence.

• This study recommends creating public awareness programs to highlight the opportunities and risks of AI. How can funders help with this? 

• Here's an article on artificial intelligence and the future of humans. 

With both self-employment and AI investment on the rise, independent sales people, drivers, and agriculture and construction workers face the greatest danger of having their jobs computerized, because the work is routine and low in technical expertise.

“Those who are self-employed just don’t have the same access to AI resources that corporate employees do, which makes it difficult for them to keep up with these technological advancements,” says Kate Bezrukova, associate professor of organization and human resources in the School of Management at the University at Buffalo.

The researchers conducted a systematic review of every study to date on artificial intelligence and the self-employed, and compared those findings to their own research on groups and teams from more than 20 published studies across several work settings. Through this approach, they found that while AI poses risk to certain jobs, not every profession is in jeopardy.

In general, occupations that require employees to work together, negotiate, and make decisions have less elimination risk because these attributes are harder for AI to imitate. The careers less at risk from AI typically offer higher pay, such as lawyers, managers, and business and medical professionals.

Read the full article on jobs that face the highest risk of AI takeover by Kevin Manne at Futurity.