Will AI replace Biologists?
Estimated risk score: 44 out of 100
Lower 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 (25 to 63).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 22 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 19-1029.04 · Life, Physical, and Social Science
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: 4 of its 22 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.
- Communicate test results to state and federal representatives and general public.
- Prepare requests for proposals or statements of work.
- Write grant proposals to obtain funding for biological research.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 4 of its 22 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Develop methods and apparatus for securing representative plant, animal, aquatic, or soil samples.
- Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
- Represent employer in a technical capacity at conferences.
- Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
What the job is
Research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.
Also called: Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist, Mycologist, Physiologist, Neurobiologist, Field Biologist, Forest Botanist, Ocean Biologist, Aquatic Scientist.
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