AI, Robots, and Jobs: Why Gardeners Might Nonetheless Be Secure

Remember when Anthropic’s AI jobs report recommended gardeners have been among the many most secure staff as a result of AI could not pull weeds or inform a rose from a dandelion? I joked about that in AI Insider earlier this yr.

Well, Anthropic updated the research to freak us all out a bit extra.

This time it asks a much bigger query: What occurs once you mix AI with robots? That change pushes many hands-on jobs a lot greater on the disruption scale. On paper, it is sensible. In observe, I’m skeptical.

For occasion, anybody who’s frolicked working in a backyard is aware of how onerous it’s to determine the fitting plant, kneel in awkward spots, and pull a weed out correctly by the roots with out damaging all the things round it.

Robots are enhancing. But for those who’ve ever watched one sort out a messy real-world job, you will know there is a lengthy street between a analysis chart and actuality.

The chart under illustrates how including robots might change job-task publicity throughout chosen job classes. Cleaning & upkeep consists of gardeners together with janitors and comparable roles.