I received an email from someone the other day offering me transcription
services and it sounded like it was their own business. They were freelancing
and I got to say my heart went out to them because transcription probably not
a great long-term business I give that about a year I give translation work
maybe three to five years unless you're on the really high end of like novels
because automation is coming in artificial intelligence and what I want
to share in this video is five areas that I think will be safe from
automation and to some extent from really low cost outsourcing and area is
that I think if you're starting out or you're going to build a business now
would be good to focus on in areas where if you're starting a business now you
don't have to worry too much about it being obsolete in the next couple of
years the first area is experiences and event I think the more we move online
the more people want to have real-life experiences I'm doing this more and more
in my own business actually I'm hosting at least a couple events this year I'll
link to those in the description or put up a card if you are interested but I
have found it's so satisfying to meet with you guys in real life and do things
together and I don't think I'm alone so anything related to creating in-person
experiences for people I think is pretty safe from automation for at least 20 30
years there may be some robots who start hosting events at some point but I'm
pretty sure you're safe for the time being I think it's also going to be a
booming industry as more and more people want to spend their extra money going
offline and interacting with other people the next is the trades anything
from carpentry to plumbing that is not going to be very easily done by robots
for probably 3040 years I mean I'm not a tech expert but it's a long ways out now
manufacturing and factory work is being automated like nobody's business because
it's worth it to set up the machines to do the same thing over and over this
doesn't apply to the trade especially if you're working on the higher end but I
would say pretty much on any level most of the trades are going to be great
areas to get into you don't really have to worry about the robots taking over
it's also in many ways I think a very healthy type of work in terms of your
mental health and stress and also physical health for that matter as well
next up number three is copywriting not all of you know but I was a freelance
copywriter for many years and it's the business I had that allowed me to travel
around the world and live in seven different countries I was working as a
freelance copywriter now compared to all the other freelance professions or a lot
of the other professions I should say I like copywriting because it's not
something that can be really cheaply outsourced or automated I like
copywriting because it's not something that can be really cheaply outsourced or
done with AI because really good copywriting and if you don't know
copywriting is writing in a marketing or sales capacity to do it well you really
need to connect with your audience and you have to pay attention to every
little word now I know Gmail now like if you are on Gmail you'll get an email and
look at a response and it's already guessing responses and sometimes they're
pretty good it started also on my gmail and probably for everyone
to complete my sentences which I'm a little worried about not because of the
creepy factor but I'm worried about because it's going to dumb down our use
of language even more we're all just going to talk in Google language and say
the same things all the time so that is happening with language and there is
more and more AI involved there but for really high end writing I don't think
that's going to be an issue for probably decades
I should mention if you do want to become a copywriter or your freelance
copywriter a link to a free training I have on that around how you get started
how you get clients all that sort of thing as well next up I would say
creative professions in general should be safe now there are already companies
taking shots at this profession for example I went to a friend's house last
year and they'd order these big paintings that were made in a factory in
China and you could tell to be honest but to me it would really bug me to put
art on the wall that's like made in a factory very much trying to look unique
like each piece was apparently unique but it's just like an assembly line of
painters I don't like the concept of that personally I like some of you guys
have seen the art on my walls and some of my older
that's all stuff I bought when I've been traveling so I really like that I do
think that more and more creative work I'm using painting as an example will be
done by robots or really low paid workers but on the higher end people who
actually want to invest some money are never going to want to buy a painting
done in a factory by someone who's pumping out ten a day right so I think
creative fields in general and I'll expand this this could be making movies
this could be in the design fields this could be writing like novels or anything
in that capacity I think those are pretty safe for quite a while at least
on the middle to high end there are already AI programs that can create a
really simple song or put together some writing or that sort of stuff but it's
very much on the low end and not something that really makes sense I
think it's more used for spammy or low-quality content so I think overall
if you aim for the higher end any kind of creative profession is going to be
safe and last number five I'd like to think fields involving people and
personal service like coaching therapy counseling now I say that knowing that I
think it's the US military is already experimenting with basically robot
therapists where it asks certain questions and reads your tone of voice
and then responds and apparently it's actually quite effective partially
because I think soldiers feel more open talking to a robot than they would
another person something like that so believe it or not this profession is not
totally safe from artificial intelligence and I do think you'll have
more and more tools and utilities using AI for like self coaching self
counseling this sort of thing and I actually think they could be quite
effective but I think overall most people are still going to prefer to work
with another person especially if you're looking more at business coaching or
consulting work that's based on a lot of experience it's not just taking you
through routine of asking you a couple questions
so coaching consulting therapy psychologists all these fields I think
are gonna be pretty safe for the time being now let me know below in the
comments are there any professions that you think are going to go the way of the
dodo bird in the next few years the of artificial intelligence share that
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