30 Careers Born from the AI Boom
Phases of new careers born from AI (sarcastic, but likely true)
Random Observation/Comment #890: Based on the rate of improvement, we’re definitely cooked.
//Generated with ChatGPT representing the physical and digital future
Why This List?
AI will definitely get rid of a lot of jobs, but also new ones will be created where we will place our trust. Human trust and accountability will be more important than ever. Maybe we’re just babysitting AI?
Here are some assumptions for the next few iterations of features:
AI can summarize, synthesize, plan and communicate with nuance (it’s hooked up to some services providing me with notifications of ideas).
They can impersonate writing voice and speak fluently in context.
They can run autonomous routines like Excel macros on steroids as personal assistants.
You delegate like a CEO to an infinite team of Jarvis-clones.
(Organized this by phases and I’m definitely being a bit cheeky)
Phase 1: AI-Augmented Jobs (2023–2026)
Prompt or Context Engineer - You type magic words into a giant prediction engine and somehow get a logo, blog post, and some form of existential dread in return.
Human-AI Medical Reviewer - You double-check that the AI didn’t diagnose a brain tumor when the patient had a hangover and an eyebrow piercing.
Legal Argument Synthesizer - You let GPT summarize 400 case laws and spend your time turning them into PowerPoints or just do the physical presentation with notes written by AI everywhere.
Creative Prompt Producer - You whisper “cyberpunk wizard raccoon in a traffic jam” into MidJourney and get 15 posters for your fake band with a video.
Voice & Brand Tuner - You delete 80% of AI-generated content and add just enough sarcasm and pop culture references to make it “on brand.”
Empathy Signal Coach - Your job is to explain to AI that “I’m fine” doesn’t mean “I’m fine.”
Trust Signal Strategist - You make dashboards look more “trustworthy” by adjusting colors, adding footnotes, and occasionally quoting stats likely made up by AI. Maybe we’re just removing the AI part and adding enough human part to not get caught doing less work.
Data Storytelling Lead - You take charts made by an LLM and narrate them like a bedtime story for VPs who love KPIs but hate reading. This one can hit home too hard.
Candidate Journey Curator - You make job interviews feel like a dating app and hope to add people to the vibe of your team.
Compliance Scenario Architect - You design test cases to make sure the AI doesn’t accidentally recommend insider trading or ethically questionable vacation policies.
🧪 Phase 2: AI-as-Workflow (2026-2027)
Scene Choreographer - You direct animated AI characters like it’s Broadway, but your lead dancer is a llama with a sword.
AI Meeting Attender - You can tell your AI to present your part of the project with accurate voice and video avatar. It will also summarize to you what it presented.
UX Failure Investigator - You use your AI Agent to battle test your site to find any potential UX improvements by simulating clickthrough via ChatGPT Operator/Agent.
World Logic Architect - You make sure the procedurally generated goblin economy in your AI-powered RPG makes more sense than the actual U.S. economy.
Narrative Tempo Curator - You fine-tune your social media highlight reels that the AI clipped from a 3-hour podcast no one actually listened to. We’ve seen this already in Loom AI recordings, but they don’t do the best job.
Admissions Ethics Officer - You review whether the AI rejected a kid because their name sounds too similar to a Marvel villain. Joking aside, AI bias will be real.
Learning Strategist - You help students study by assigning them flashcards, dopamine hits, and gentle shame via push notification.
Trial Readiness Analyst - You tell scientists when their AI-suggested cure for baldness might work for human trials. I think this is a pretty big step that looks at the data, but also reviews the humans in the trials for better capture of data points.
Home Automation Curator - You finally set up all those home automation workflows you’ve wanted across your smart devices. This would be awesome for Christmas lights and “red alert” settings.
Brand Hallucination Detector - You read 1,000 AI-generated taglines and remove the ones that sound like cult slogans.
🤯 Phase 3: Train your AI Assistant (2027-2030+)
AI Wingman Supervisor - You monitor your LLM’s dating profile so it doesn’t accidentally message an ex that seemed like a good match.
Prompt Detox Specialist - You help clients whose AIs developed an addiction to Reddit comments and now only respond in meme format. It would be interesting to see if you can teach an AI to forget things.
Context Pruner - You clean out your LLM’s memory like a digital Marie Kondo. If it doesn’t spark joy or revenue, delete it.
Ghostwriter for Your Ghostwriter - You rewrite the blog post that your AI wrote based on your AI journal summarizing your AI mood.
Attention Architect - You design notification rules so your AI doesn’t interrupt a wedding with a Slack about Q3 budget overruns.
Conversation Ritual Designer - You create morning affirmations and end-of-day debriefs that make people feel like they’re living in a Wes Anderson montage.
Memory Compression Coach - You help your AI summarize your week so you don’t have to relive the awkward meeting about “synergy.” Let’s just give up and get willingly brainwashed.
Time Philosopher - You counsel clients who don’t know what to do all day because their LLM just did their job before breakfast.
Digital Thought Executor - You think, and your LLM makes it real. You’re the brain; it’s the world-builder. Your job? Stay interesting.
Digital Twin Manager - You manage your clone’s calendar, social media, and podcast appearances while the real you sits in a hot tub thinking about tacos.
~See Lemons Adjust to New Careers
—
More AI-related posts:
My Clembot AI Journey
Random Observation/Comment #878: I’ve carefully considered what I’ve outsourced to Clembot and the process of writing lists is definitely not fully one of them. I don’t want to stop exercising the part of my brain that does hard things.