Anesthesiologists
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In Finger Lakes, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 4 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least 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
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 50% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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None of the usual next-step jobs in Finger Lakesclear all three bars right now: enough openings, pay within 10% of yours, and no higher AI exposure. That doesn't mean you're stuck—here are the closest options, with an honest label on what falls short.
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This move would clear all three bars in: New York City.
Showing the 6 closest of 13 related jobs we looked at—the rest fall short on the same measures.