› Free · ages 8–16 and the grown-ups who guide them
Jobs with AI in them.
Build it, work around it, or use it. There are three ways into a career with AI — and most of them aren't coding.
Every job below comes with something free to try this week: a printable, a debate, a video. Try a piece of the job before you decide anything about it.
› Three doors
10 jobs
Build AI
You make the machine.
The people who gather the data, train the models, build the chips and robots, and test the whole thing until it's safe to use.
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11 jobs
Around AI
You make the machine work for people.
Jobs that exist because AI exists, but don't train models: writing the rules, catching unfairness, designing conversations, keeping the power on.
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18 jobs
Powered by AI
You do the job you love, with a new tool.
Nurses, architects, farmers, musicians. The work stays theirs; the tools change. Some jobs change a lot, some only a little.
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› Build AI
You make the machine.
The people who gather the data, train the models, build the chips and robots, and test the whole thing until it's safe to use.
Machine learning engineer
Teaches a model from examples, then checks whether it learned the right thing.
You'd
- pick the examples a model learns from
- run training and read the results
- fix it when it learns the wrong lesson
Data curator
Finds, cleans, and labels the examples a model learns from — the model is only as good as this work.
You'd
- collect examples from the real world
- throw out the messy or unfair ones
- label what each example shows
AI researcher
Invents new ways for machines to pay attention, remember, and learn.
You'd
- read what other researchers tried
- design a small experiment
- write up what worked and what didn't
Evaluation engineer
Designs the tests that show what a model gets right, what it gets wrong, and how often.
You'd
- write a set of test questions
- score the model's answers
- report where it breaks
Red teamer
Tries to trick an AI on purpose, so the builders can fix the hole before someone else finds it.
You'd
- invent sneaky prompts
- write down exactly what broke
- help test the fix
Robotics engineer
Gives machines hands, sensors, and rules for moving safely around people.
You'd
- design how a robot grips and moves
- wire sensors so it can feel its way
- test it until it's safe near people
AI hardware engineer
Builds the computers and chips that AI runs on — where speed, heat, and power all fight each other.
You'd
- design circuit boards and chips
- measure speed, heat, and power use
- make the next version cheaper to run
Speech & audio AI engineer
Turns sound into something a computer can read, so voices, songs, and alarms can be understood.
You'd
- record and clean up audio
- teach a model to hear words
- test it with many accents and voices
Image-model engineer
Teaches machines to make and understand pictures — starting from pure noise.
You'd
- train models on labeled pictures
- check generated images for mistakes
- add safeguards against fakes
Search & retrieval engineer
Helps a model look things up in real sources instead of guessing.
You'd
- organize the documents a model can search
- decide which sources it trusts
- check that answers cite the right page
› Is any of this certain?
No. Here's what we know and how.
- Nobody knows exactly how fast AI will change any job. The “changes a lot / some / a little” levels are informed guesses from two public research studies that look at thousands of everyday work tasks: Anthropic Economic Index and OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs". How the levels work.
- The research looks at whole jobs across the United States. Your town and the kind of work you pick can be very different.
- Some of these jobs have only existed for a few years, and more will appear that don't have names yet.
- We don't list salaries or say any job is “safe.” Caring about people, solving real problems, and learning quickly help in every one of them.
› For grown-ups
Talking about AI and work without scaring anyone.
Kids hear “AI will take the jobs” long before anyone explains what a job is made of. Start with the tasks, argue it out, and look at real careers together.
New to AI yourself? Start here.