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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Physical Aerodynamicist” 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%

“Physical Aerodynamicist” 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%

“Physical Aerodynamicist” 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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Teach physics to students.

  • 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.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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