Natural Sciences Managers
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 466 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 94% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Assess eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, or discussions with physicians and nurses.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare study-related documentation, such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, or progress reports.
AI could do much of this on its own
Inform patients or caregivers about study aspects and outcomes to be expected.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Perform specific protocol procedures such as interviewing subjects, taking vital signs, and performing electrocardiograms.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Direct the requisition, collection, labeling, storage, or shipment of specimens.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Organize space for study equipment and supplies.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Supervise teams of workers who capture water from wells and rivers.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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