Will AI replace Marine Engineers and Naval Architects?
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 30 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 17-2121.00 · Architecture and Engineering
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: 3 of its 30 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain records of engineering department activities, including expense records and details of equipment maintenance and repairs.
- Prepare technical reports for use by engineering, management, or sales personnel.
- Confer with research personnel to clarify or resolve problems and to develop or modify designs.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 8 of its 30 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems.
- Conduct environmental, operational, or performance tests on marine machinery and equipment.
- Design and oversee testing, installation, and repair of marine apparatus and equipment.
- Evaluate operation of marine equipment during acceptance testing and shakedown cruises.
- Maintain and coordinate repair of marine machinery and equipment for installation on vessels.
- Procure materials needed to repair marine equipment and machinery.
What the job is
Design, develop, and evaluate the operation of marine vessels, ship machinery, and related equipment, such as power supply and propulsion systems.
Also called: Marine Engineer, Naval Architect, Naval Architect Specialist, Naval Engineer, Marine Architect, Marine Consultant, Architect Specialist, Marine Civil Engineer.
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