Film and Video Editors
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 shrink over the next decade, with about 337 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 91% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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