Bakers

84% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

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Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Bakers' was $34,950, or $16 per hour

'Bakers' were paid 27.3% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

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Guy (Low) 2 months ago

Robots will not replace humans in the near future when it comes to baking. Because baking has steps that are very challenging for an ai to compute and would need a physical robot to do them. Not like the ordering menus at McDonalds with ChatGPT on a screen. People also simply like real bakers more. If bakeries all became ai generated nobody would go to them after a few years.

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Bruce Jackson (No chance) 1 year ago

Imagine a robotic Baker kneading or proofing dough. Adjustments due to altitude or touch must be made by human hands. Dough contains live microorganisms that respond to human hands. The taste of robotic baked goods would ruin the food industry.

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Guy 2 months ago

Yeah thats accurate. Im surprised it was rated this high of a risk.

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Sofia 3 years ago

Damn way to crush a child’s dream

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B 4 years ago

Reading comments like these make me think everybody thinks of a robot a big metal android like in movies, and not as specially made robots designed specifically to do a job with the intent of replacing people

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Ale 4 years ago

It doesn't require for a robot that has taste buds, just one that can follow directions, and one human to taste the recipes, that's it. Honestly i like being a Baker more than a chef, way more, but it suffers from similar problems. It needs to go, and i will be thankful for it. I guess in the next few years it's time to learn a new job, don't go to chef school like i did. Terrible job overall.

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michael 1 year ago

Why chef is terrible job? You mean cookery chef? I guess bakery & patisserie chef is far easier compare with cookery chef

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Annie123 4 years ago

Robots would be such bad bakers. There is no chance anyone would go to bakeries anymore this is crazy.

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Guy 2 months ago

True, if I saw a bakery that used ai im not going

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naturalbeauty (Low) 4 years ago

products made by robots are not made by heart.

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MAR 3 years ago

that is sooo true. nothing would be made with love if it was made by AIs.

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Mille 5 years ago

They have no taste buds or smell so it will probably end up in disgusting food if they create food.

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dd123abc 5 years ago

I want to be a pastry chef and now I can't thanks

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Guy 2 months ago

You could also start your own bakery, though it is very expensive and requires more management than other bakery jobs.

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Lily 4 years ago

You can still be one its just that some robots are doing that job... their are still pastry jobs available

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Millie (No chance) 5 years ago

Because they can knock something over or do something wrong and create chaos

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Hey peeps 5 years ago

It is not a good idea for robots to be bakers

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David Kohen (No chance) 5 years ago

Requires computers with the ability to taste, to project how others will react to taste and innovate food. In my opinion, one of the last to go. However as a profession it will be impacted by ex-lawyers, doctors and especially computer engineers who enter the field after losing their forst profession.

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Millie 5 years ago

Good point they can not taste

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Matthew J Watson 5 years ago

Perhaps the job can change which could focus on designing and decorating custom pastries. While robots replicate them

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