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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Cloud Physicist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #175 of 702. Estimated risk: 10.0%

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

60%

“Cloud Physicist” 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 60% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

28%

“Cloud Physicist” 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 28% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Physicists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.

Avg. Annual Salary $166,000
Avg. Hourly Wage $79.81
Available Jobs (US) 21,340
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Physicists #19-2012
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Physicists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

  • Observe the structure and properties of matter, and the transformation and propagation of energy, using equipment such as masers, lasers, and telescopes, to explore and identify the basic principles governing these phenomena.

  • Perform complex calculations as part of the analysis and evaluation of data, using computers.

  • Collaborate with other scientists in the design, development, and testing of experimental, industrial, or medical equipment, instrumentation, and procedures.

  • Design computer simulations to model physical data so that it can be better understood.

  • Develop theories and laws on the basis of observation and experiments, and apply these theories and laws to problems in areas such as nuclear energy, optics, and aerospace technology.

  • Report experimental results by writing papers for scientific journals or by presenting information at scientific conferences.

  • Teach physics to students.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

  • Analyze data from research conducted to detect and measure physical phenomena.

Technologies & Software

  • Radiation dose calculation software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Scite AI
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Statistical software
  • OriginLab Origin
  • Python
  • Lenox Softworks VideoPoint
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • CERN ROOT
  • Adobe Audition
  • DeepSeek
  • Spectral Dynamics STAR
  • RSI interactive data language IDL software
  • Oracle Database
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • Linux
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Pascal
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft Windows
  • GNU Octave
  • Ploticus
  • Systat Software SigmaPlot
  • MySQL
  • GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • SciGraphica
  • C
  • SQLite
  • Spectroscopy software
  • SciLab
  • Microsoft Excel
  • OpenStack
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Elicit
  • Criss Software XRF11
  • Video analysis software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Maplesoft Maple
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Consensus
  • Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System EPICS
  • Microsoft Visual J++
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Synergy Software KaleidaGraph
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Perplexity AI
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Git
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Sun Microsystems Java
  • Software development tools
  • C++
  • Dose modeling software
  • xv
  • REDUCE
  • Vector Fields OPERA-3d
  • Scribus
  • Microsoft Office software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Gnuplot
  • Database application software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Oracle Java
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Perl
  • CERN Physics Analysis Workstation PAW
  • Xfig
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP system
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • UNIX
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Microsoft Azure software
  • RibbonSoft QCad
  • Canu
  • Ansible software
  • Aptech Systems GAUSS
  • VMware
  • Puppet
  • High vacuum equipment
  • Digital multimeters
  • High intensity UV sources
  • Radiofrequency RF generators
  • High-resolution spectrometers
  • Argon ion lasers
  • Isotope ratio mass spectrometers
  • Computed tomography CT scanners
  • Zeeman split lasers
  • Annealing furnaces
  • Accelerometers
  • Diffusion-pumped vacuum systems
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Diffusion pumps
  • Monochromators
  • High-speed video cameras
  • Turbo-pumped vacuum systems
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Portable fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Two-channel network analyzers
  • Laser power meters
  • X ray photoemission spectrometers
  • Arbitrary function generators
  • Light scattering devices
  • Desktop computers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Helium lasers
  • Leak detection equipment
  • Laboratory tube furnaces
  • Diode lasers
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Radiation detecting film badges
  • Optical choppers
  • Power amplifiers
  • Interferometers
  • X ray crystallography equipment
  • Signal generators
  • Atomic emission detectors AED
  • Function generators
  • Pinhole filters
  • Cryostats
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Personal computers
  • Gas chromatography GC injectors
  • Gaussmeters
  • High-energy accelerators
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Galvanostats
  • Geiger-Muller counters
  • Pulsed nitrogen lasers
  • Magnetic force microscopes
  • High-resolution semiconductor detectors
  • Safety goggles
  • Laboratory box furnaces
  • Particle counters
  • Spectrum analyzers
  • Cyclotrons
  • Two-channel dynamic signal analyzers
  • Vibration exciters
  • Vacuum stations
  • Vibrating sample magnetometers
  • Friction-force microscopes
  • Gamma ray spectrometers
  • Thermoluminescent dosimeters
  • Laboratory electromagnets
  • Telescopes
  • Grating monochromators
  • Optical tables
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Linear accelerators
  • Microwave interferometers
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Digital sound level meters
  • Multiple diode lasers
  • Vernier force sensors
  • Digital plotters
  • Analog frequency analyzers
  • Nanovoltmeters
  • Scintillation probes
  • Conditioning amplifiers
  • Neutron detectors
  • Cavity dumpers or drivers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Headspace autosamplers
  • Single frequency dye lasers
  • Liquid helium level sensors
  • Mickelson interferometers
  • Digital oscilloscopes
  • Surface profilometers
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Optical tweezers
  • Laptop computers
  • Prism spectrometers
  • Analog sound level meters
  • Pistonphones
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
  • Betatrons
  • Photodetectors
  • Analytical balances
  • Sound intensity probes
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Ionization chambers
  • Two-channel fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Positive ion accelerators
  • Programmable phase modulators
  • Scanning monochromators
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
  • Electron microscopes
  • Helium refrigerators
  • Spring scales
  • Photometer
  • Capacitance bridges
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
  • Optical detectors
  • Photon counting systems
  • Semiconductor parameter analyzers
  • Big G torsion balances
  • Double monochromators

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