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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

  • 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.

  • Teach physics to students.

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

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

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

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

  • 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.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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