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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Optical Scientist” 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%

“Optical Scientist” 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%

“Optical Scientist” 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

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

  • Teach physics to students.

  • 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.

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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