Will AI Replace Chemists?

Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Conduct quality control tests.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare test solutions, compounds, or reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Confer with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Evaluate laboratory safety procedures to ensure compliance with standards or to make improvements as needed.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Direct, coordinate, or advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components or physical properties of materials.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Purchase laboratory supplies, such as chemicals, when supplies are low or near their expiration date.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.