The magnate did not predict a date for the change but assured it will be soon

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the labor landscape, sparking debates about the professions that could be and are being replaced by this technology.

Recently, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, stated on the social media platform X that AI “will soon outperform doctors and lawyers by a wide margin (and eventually all humans in almost everything).”
Medicine and law, fields that traditionally require a high level of knowledge and human judgment, are experiencing increasing AI integration.

In medicine, AI systems with access to vast databases can diagnose diseases and suggest treatments with accuracy rivaling that of human professionals.
A recent study showed that ChatGPT outperformed doctors in evaluating medical histories, suggesting AI could play a significant role in healthcare.

In the legal field, AI is being used to analyze documents, predict case outcomes, and automate routine tasks. Advanced tools can review contracts and conduct legal research more efficiently than humans, potentially reducing the demand for lawyers in certain roles.

Besides doctors and lawyers, other occupations could be affected by AI-driven automation. According to a World Economic Forum report, telemarketers, credit authorizers, statistical assistants, and bank tellers are some of the roles most at risk of being replaced by AI in the future.

An Indeed Analysis Identified That Around 20% of Jobs Are Highly Exposed to AI,
meaning artificial intelligence could perform at least 80% of the tasks associated with those roles. This includes jobs involving repetitive or data-based tasks, such as news analysts, reporters, administrative assistants, and accountants.

Another sector with significant impact is e-commerce. According to a report by Statista, an estimated 2.9 billion consumers shop online, representing 36% of the global population.
Considering this information, Statista indicates that more than 50% of e-commerce businesses have adopted AI solutions in their operations, and nearly 30% have integrated this technology into their functioning.
Companies are seeing in these strategies the possibility to optimize sales, improve and personalize customer relationships, and streamline internal processes.

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, predicts AI will be transformative in the next five years and points out that only three professions will survive and adapt best to this technology: those related to biology, the energy sector, and specialized jobs in AI tool design and programming.
In this regard, Gates argues that AI will allow people to focus on more creative and meaningful tasks while machines handle routine work.
For Bill Gates, biology, the energy sector, and programming are not threatened by AI. (Illustrative image Infobae)

On the other hand, Elon Musk has expressed concerns about the pace of automation and its impact on employment. During his participation at the VivaTech 2024 conference in Paris, he stated that most current jobs will be replaced by intelligent machines and automated systems in the not-too-distant future, noting that “almost none of us will have jobs.”

While AI offers significant opportunities to improve efficiency and productivity, it also poses considerable challenges for the labor market. Professions once considered secure could be transformed or even replaced by automated systems.