# Four New Jobs That May Be in Our AI Future.

1 Opinion December 14, 2025 The Wall Street Journal ![Rob Seamans headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/2023-09/rseamans2023.jpg?itok=KMkb1IdF)By Robert Seamans

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A lot of people are scared about the future of AI.

Artificial-intelligence technology is going to transform how we live and work, in ways we can’t begin to imagine today. That means, yes, it will make some jobs obsolete. And it is going to transform all of our jobs, sometimes leaving today’s workers struggling to keep up.

But AI is also going to create opportunities—whole new jobs that center on the technology and the advances it enables. Speculating about which jobs may be in our AI future is difficult; there will be no doubt many jobs that we can’t imagine today. But predicting is still a worthy exercise. To that end, here is a look at four possible jobs that AI may create in the years ahead.

Read the full [*The Wall Street Journal* article](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/new-jobs-ai-future-fefd4b35?st=rbjXJu&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink).
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*Robert Seamans is Associate Professor of Management and Organizations and Director of the Center for the Future of Management*

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