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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

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

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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  • Desktop computers
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  • Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Dart guns
  • Personal computers
  • Air compressors
  • Fish traps
  • Conductivity meters
  • Sweeping nets
  • Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Hard hats
  • Gill nets
  • Sieve buckets
  • Laboratory forceps
  • Bongo nets
  • Water pumps
  • D-ring nets
  • Mist nets
  • Spotting scopes
  • Field thermometers
  • Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
  • Water thermometers
  • Laboratory balances
  • pH meters
  • Metric measuring tapes
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
  • Spring scales
  • Axes
  • Water samplers
  • Boat trailers
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  • Dip net samplers
  • Clinometers
  • Jet skis
  • Canoes
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Laboratory freezers
  • Culvert traps
  • Folsom plankton splitters
  • Benthic samplers
  • Digital cameras
  • Jellyfish scoops
  • Drying ovens
  • Snorkels
  • Compound microscopes
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Calorimeters
  • Laser hypsometers
  • Rubber rafts
  • Animal traps
  • Hand lenses
  • Seines
  • Counting chambers
  • Archery bows
  • Compasses
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Two way radios
  • Stainless steel scalpel blades
  • Fume hoods
  • Egg candlers
  • Climbing belts
  • Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Laser printers
  • Vernier calipers
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Small power boats
  • Snowmobiles
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Specimen collection containers
  • Dust masks
  • Aerial nets
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Odonata nets
  • Plankton nets
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Notebook computers
  • Portable refractometers
  • Volumeters
  • Mesh sieves
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Scintillation vials
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Extension ladders
  • Animal transmitters
  • Tree corers
  • Foot snares
  • Safety glasses
  • Radio telemetry equipment
  • Ekman dredges
  • Monopan balances
  • Leather gloves
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Binoculars
  • Tree top peeper and video probe systems
  • Rulers
  • Dataloggers
  • Salinity meters
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Secchi disks
  • Spectrometers
  • Sledgehammers
  • Micrometers
  • Petri dishes
  • Flow meters
  • Sterilizing ovens

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