Veterinarians

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Will "Veterinarians" be replaced by AI & Robots?

There is very little chance of this occupation being replaced by robots/AI. This is further validated by our poll, which suggests a 28% chance of automation within the next 2 decades.

Automation Risk Level

Totally Safe

or 4% probability of automation

Projected Growth

9%

by 2024

Median Annual Wage

$88,770

or $42.67 hourly

People Employed

67,650

as of 2016

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How this compares with other jobs: 122 out of 706

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Job description

Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals. Includes veterinarians who conduct research and development, inspect livestock, or care for pets and companion animals.

SOC Code: 29-1131

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Sam (Small chance) says

i think that people will not want to bring their animals into a place with ai or robots. they will want to talk to a person who they can connect with and feel safe with because they know they are experienced and love animals.

Jul 12, 2019 at 02:27 AM

abdulaziz (Small chance) says

hopefully no

Jul 07, 2019 at 12:47 PM

Foo (Highly likely) says

Just like with human doctors, the job can be divided into two parts: Diagnostics and Treatment. Diagnostics is really hard, because there is so much data and research material and you need to combine all of this to make the diagnosis. This is something that is actually really easy for AI to do and with much better accuracy than what humans can do. Even if human doctor is kept to make the final judgement, just having AI to prevent misdiagnosis will reduce the need of human work in both diagnosis and treatment as correct cure is found faster.

Apr 30, 2019 at 08:01 PM

S (No chance) says

No one sane would risk a pricey robot getting bitten, scratched or kicked...

Apr 05, 2019 at 06:27 PM

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