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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Fluid Dynamicist” 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%

“Fluid Dynamicist” 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%

“Fluid Dynamicist” 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.

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

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

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

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

  • Teach physics to students.

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

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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