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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Cryptozoologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #240 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

Directly assessed by researchers as unlikely to be automatable
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AI Exposure Risk

51%

“Cryptozoologist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 51% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

41%

“Cryptozoologist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 41% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.

Avg. Annual Salary $77,920
Avg. Hourly Wage $37.46
Available Jobs (US) 16,920
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists #19-1023
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.

  • Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.

  • Disseminate information by writing reports and scientific papers or journal articles, and by making presentations and giving talks for schools, clubs, interest groups and park interpretive programs.

  • Prepare collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and study of development or disease.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.

  • Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.

  • Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories, diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.

  • Perform administrative duties, such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.

  • Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.

  • Develop, or make recommendations on, management systems and plans for wildlife populations and habitat, consulting with stakeholders and the public at large to explore options.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
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  • Canoes
  • Secchi disks
  • Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
  • Personal computers
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  • Dip net samplers
  • Spring scales
  • Portable refractometers
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Jellyfish scoops
  • Culvert traps
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Climbing belts
  • Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
  • Egg candlers
  • Gill nets
  • Flow meters
  • Ekman dredges
  • Desktop computers
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Animal traps
  • Laser hypsometers
  • Seines
  • Mist nets
  • Digital cameras
  • Counting chambers
  • Odonata nets
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Sweeping nets
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Mesh sieves
  • Monopan balances
  • Snorkels
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Micrometers
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Boat trailers
  • Steam autoclaves
  • Laboratory balances
  • Clinometers
  • Tree top peeper and video probe systems
  • Binoculars
  • Sieve buckets
  • Dissecting tools
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Laboratory forceps
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
  • Laser printers
  • Fish traps
  • Radio telemetry equipment
  • Foot snares
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Rubber rafts
  • Spotting scopes
  • Axes
  • Petri dishes
  • Stainless steel scalpel blades
  • Hard hats
  • Folsom plankton splitters
  • Benthic samplers
  • Tree corers
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Extension ladders
  • Sledgehammers
  • Two way radios
  • Sterilizing ovens
  • Rulers
  • Salinity meters
  • Bongo nets
  • Water pumps
  • Snowmobiles
  • Hand lenses
  • Spectrometers
  • Volumeters
  • Archery bows
  • Dataloggers
  • Water samplers
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Vernier calipers
  • Compasses
  • Dart guns
  • Calorimeters
  • Animal transmitters
  • Leather gloves
  • Drying ovens
  • Safety glasses
  • Fume hoods
  • Photomicroscopes
  • D-ring nets
  • Compound microscopes
  • Plankton nets
  • Laboratory freezers
  • Specimen collection containers
  • Field thermometers
  • Dust masks
  • Scintillation vials
  • Multiplate samplers
  • Water thermometers
  • Jet skis
  • Small power boats
  • Metric measuring tapes
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Notebook computers
  • Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Light traps
  • Conductivity meters
  • pH meters
  • Air compressors

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