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Financial Specialists, All Other

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 733 openings expected each year.

Step 1

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

Most exposedband 5 of 5
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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than 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.

Step 2

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 91% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Gather financial documents related to investigations.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Interview witnesses or suspects and take statements.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Prepare written reports of investigation findings.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  4. Document all investigative activities.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  5. Create and maintain logs, records, or databases of information about fraudulent activity.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Testify in court regarding investigation findings.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Conduct field surveillance to gather case-related information.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Obtain and serve subpoenas.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Arrest individuals to be charged with fraud.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

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