Will AI replace Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary?
Estimated risk score: 53 out of 100
Moderate replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (34 to 72).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 27 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 25-1042.00 · Educational Instruction and Library
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 6 of its 27 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare materials for laboratory activities and course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Review papers for publication in journals.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 6 of its 27 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain or repair lab equipment.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Provide students course-related experiences, such as field trips, outside the classroom.
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
- Participate in campus and community events, such as giving presentations to the public.
What the job is
Teach courses in biological sciences. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Also called: Biology Professor, Biology Instructor, Botany Teacher, Lab Instructor, Ecology Teacher, Zoology Teacher, Algology Teacher, Biology Lecturer.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Educational Instruction and Library). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate