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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Diagnostic Medical 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%

“Diagnostic Medical 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%

“Diagnostic Medical 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

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

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

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

  • Teach physics to students.

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

  • 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.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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