Neurologists
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 47 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second 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 a third of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second 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 83% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Determine brain death using accepted tests and procedures.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Perform specialized treatments in areas such as sleep disorders, neuroimmunology, neuro-oncology, behavioral neurology, and neurogenetics.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Prescribe or administer treatments, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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