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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Marine Scientist” 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%

“Marine Scientist” 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%

“Marine Scientist” 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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AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 23%

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AI Risk 61%
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AI Risk 61%
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Core Skills & Abilities

  • 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.

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

  • Conduct literature reviews.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • 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.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

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