Will AI replace Computer and Information Research Scientists?
Estimated risk score: 50 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 (31 to 69).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 15 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 15-1221.00 · Computer and Mathematical
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 15 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain network hardware and software, direct network security measures, and monitor networks to ensure availability to system users.
- Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software.
- Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers.
- Design computers and the software that runs them.
- Develop performance standards, and evaluate work in light of established standards.
- Apply theoretical expertise and innovation to create or apply new technology, such as adapting principles for applying computers to new uses.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 2 of its 15 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
- Participate in staffing decisions and direct training of subordinates.
What the job is
Conduct research into fundamental computer and information science as theorists, designers, or inventors. Develop solutions to problems in the field of computer hardware and software.
Also called: Computer Scientist, Control System Computer Scientist, NLP Engineer, Languages Researcher, Computational Linguist, Cyber Research Scientist, Computer Vision Scientist, Digital Solutions Manager.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Computer and Mathematical). 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