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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Theoretical Astronomer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #128 of 702. Estimated risk: 4.1%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Theoretical Astronomer” 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 57% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

24%

“Theoretical Astronomer” will almost certainly not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 24% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Astronomers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Observe, research, and interpret astronomical phenomena to increase basic knowledge or apply such information to practical problems.

Avg. Annual Salary $134,430
Avg. Hourly Wage $64.63
Available Jobs (US) 1,560
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Astronomers #19-2011
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Astronomers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Raise funds for scientific research.

  • Develop theories based on personal observations or on observations and theories of other astronomers.

  • Develop and modify astronomy-related programs for public presentation.

  • Teach astronomy or astrophysics.

  • Serve on professional panels and committees.

  • Calculate orbits and determine sizes, shapes, brightness, and motions of different celestial bodies.

  • Collaborate with other astronomers to carry out research projects.

  • Measure radio, infrared, gamma, and x-ray emissions from extraterrestrial sources.

  • Present research findings at scientific conferences and in papers written for scientific journals.

  • Develop instrumentation and software for astronomical observation and analysis.

  • Supervise students' research on celestial and astronomical phenomena.

  • Direct the operations of a planetarium.

  • Study celestial phenomena, using a variety of ground-based and space-borne telescopes and scientific instruments.

  • Conduct question-and-answer presentations on astronomy topics with public audiences.

  • Review scientific proposals and research papers.

  • Mentor graduate students and junior colleagues.

  • Analyze research data to determine its significance, using computers.

Technologies & Software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Diffraction Limited MaxIm DL
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Astronomical Image Processing System AIPS
  • Elicit
  • Fortran
  • Data reduction software
  • IRIS
  • Linux
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Apache Hadoop
  • European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System ESO-MIDAS
  • Avis Fits Viewer
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Astronomical Image Processing for Windows AIP4WIN
  • Interface definition language IDL
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Microsoft Word
  • DeepSeek
  • Multipurpose Interactive Image Processing System MIIPS
  • Astronomical information processing system AIPS++
  • SAS
  • C
  • Web browser software
  • R
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Structured query language SQL
  • C++
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Oracle Java
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Python
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Adaptive optics AO simulation software
  • Analyze
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Visual Numerics PV-WAVE
  • MSB Software Astroart
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Software development tools
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Software Bisque CCDSoft
  • Starcal
  • Perplexity AI
  • Abstraction plus reference plus synthesis A++
  • Consensus
  • Scite AI
  • Spectroscopy databases
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Doppler Rayleigh laser imaging ranging and detecting LIDAR systems
  • Spectroscopes
  • Cryostats
  • Wide-field mosaic charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Personal computers
  • Scientific calculators
  • Planetary radar transmitters
  • Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes
  • Radio telescopes
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Photometer
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Near-infrared integral field spectrometers
  • Ebert-Fastie spectrometers
  • Low resolution imaging spectrographs
  • Radio antennas
  • Optical interferometers
  • Ball mills
  • Optical telescopes
  • Laptop computers
  • Single-dish radio telescopes
  • Baseband recorders
  • Refracting telescopes
  • Interferometers
  • Electron beam ion traps EBIT
  • Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
  • European VLBI Network EVN telescopes
  • Thermal evaporators
  • Very large array VLA telescopes
  • Scanning telescopes
  • Near-infrared imagers and spectrometers NIRI
  • Reflector telescopes
  • Desktop computers
  • Solar telescopes
  • Charge-coupled device CCD imagers
  • Pulsar processors
  • Resonance fluorescence laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
  • High resolution spectrographs
  • Wideband pulsar processors
  • Tilting filter photometers
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • High powered binoculars
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Very long baseline array VLBA telescopes
  • Dobsonian telescopes
  • Multi-object spectrographs MOS
  • Automated telescopes
  • Echelle spectrometers
  • Solar telescope filters

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