Athletes and Sports Competitors

AUTOMATION RISK

CALCULATED

16%

risk level

POLLING

13.3%

Based on 1,327 votes

LABOR DEMAND

GROWTH

35.7%

by year 2032

WAGES

$70,280

or $33.79 per hour

Volume

14,930

as of 2023

SUMMARY

JOB SCORE

7.8/10

16% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): Occupations in this category have a low probability of being automated, as they typically demand complex problem-solving, creativity, strong interpersonal skills, and a high degree of manual dexterity. These jobs often involve intricate hand movements and precise coordination, making it difficult for machines to replicate the required tasks.

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Sentiment

The following graph(s) are included wherever there is a substantial amount of votes to render meaningful data. These visual representations display user poll results over time, providing a significant indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Athletes and Sports Competitors' was $70,280, or $33 per hour

'Athletes and Sports Competitors' were paid 46.2% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

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Ahaan (No chance) 15 days ago

Sports with robots should be a separate game and shouldn't be mixed in with basketball or football players.

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Anom (No chance) 21 days ago

Who will wanna watch sports if robots play? How is it still enjoyable?

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James (No chance) 22 days ago

If the world comes to a point where AI replaces sports, there will be no fun or adrenaline-rushing plays made in sports.

An AI cannot choose between passing and running when it doesn’t know anything about the defenders. An AI cannot choose which teammate to pass to in a game of hockey. An AI cannot make a game of baseball interesting. This is because AI cannot and never will have the ability to make mistakes or learn about another team outside of the game.

The only job AI can ever have in sports is keeping track of the scoreboard or selling food and drink at a concession stand.

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Rene Michael Rodriguez (No chance) 24 days ago

There is no chance because they would do everything perfect and everyone would super board

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Gabriel (Low) 24 days ago

Because even if they did they'd have to scratch the idea because of injuries and the amount people that would sue them because of it.

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Anon 25 days ago

I don't think people would enjoy rooting for robots...

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Sigma (Low) 25 days ago

Cannot replicate the same results as humans and will be too boring

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Heeheh (No chance) 25 days ago

That takes the fun out of it

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Kush 2 months ago

Humans have feelings, but robots cannot feel anything. Humans made AI by themselves, given their IQ level. Humans created many languages, and yes, robots will learn all the languages. They can also create other languages which we may never understand. However, we can create something that AI cannot understand.

Do you understand, Miss/Mr. Robot or AI? 😎

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Shing Tung (No chance) 8 months ago

Not only would it be quite foolish but I believe it would be quite boring to watch a machine perform athletic things.

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serious guy (No chance) 10 months ago

ROBOTS are made by humans and humans can not develop something just like them

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Rocky Balboa (No chance) 1 year ago

Nobody would watch a robot play football against other robots, or any other sport for that matter. Sports are created with the goal of testing human athleticism, and there's zero reason highly complicated robots would be replacing athletes in leagues created for entertainment.

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Jay (Uncertain) 1 year ago

As Robots & A.I become more humanlike we should be concerned about the possibilities of Robots & A.I taking over areas of our lives like sports, entertainment and other sectors that we are not considering. The fact that we're discussing it as the technologies continue to advance tells us it's possible and can go either way...

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Aaron (No chance) 1 year ago

if sports are automated they will be come very boring

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Qarlz (Low) 1 year ago

Traumatic brain injuries and the liability of insuring human players.

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BibirMengkeroet (No chance) 1 year ago

Most people who watch sport competitions want to see actual human, not robots (Assuming people still watches them, which is unlikely in the future)

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Talan Castro 1 year ago

Dude imagine the hitting or tackling and falling if a robot took place in sports! The bots would get messed up! It’s so not possible! I want to play in the NHL and I don’t want to be replaced by a robot! That’s BS!

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April Skies 2 years ago

I just don't see how a robot could replace a human in sports, unless there is a new branch of sports with robots or AI in it, like Real Steel.

Imagine how boring it would be if football was played by robots. The drama, emotion, and art of football can't be replaced by robots. There's absolutely no chance.

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Future Footballer (Low) 2 years ago

Robot code can be hacked

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Rational (Highly likely) 2 years ago

Sports and athletics are just concepts with no real value they give to the world, so they're very easy to be replaced because it's just a game of sensors and fluid movements of machines which would be needed. Boston Dynamics robots already do backflips which so many people around the world can't do.

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Jesse Tong 10 months ago

I don't think so, scientists are struggling mimicking most human limbs' actions and movements, let alone make them good enough for sports. Even with sports and competitions that you can put robots and AIs to, such as chess or E-Sports, the point is that sports are meant to push and break humans' physical and mental limits, as well as all the emotional attachment people watching to the players. No one would watch robots play against each other, though it doesn't matter since less and less people watch any kind of sports these days.

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