EXCLUSIVE The AI predictions every Aussie needs to know - including the high-paying jobs that won't be impacted - amid warning the country will be unrecognisable in 10 years

Daily Mail​

15-06-2025

An AI expert has warned the technology will leave Australia unrecognisable within the next decade thanks to a complete transformation in our jobs and lifestyles.
Niusha Shafiabady, a professor of computational and artificial intelligence at the Australian Catholic University, warned drastic changes are just around the corner.
She said certain jobs will no longer exist, traffic jams will become a thing of the past, and AI will become so personalised it will manage the diets of Australians and every aspect of their households.
'The jobs that will be first disrupted will be the ones driven by AI automation,' Professor Shafiabady told Daily Mail Australia.
'For example, an order at Hungry Jack's was taken (recently) by a machine. Those types of jobs are easy to implement using AI.
'Jobs that are based on repetitive tasks that can be programmed into a computer will disappear quickly.'
Professor Shafiabady pointed to a 2023 report from the World Economic Forum that predicted AI would disrupt about 44 per cent of jobs.
The International Monetary Fund reported last year that 40 to 60 per cent of jobs would be impacted in advanced economies including Australia.
'The roles that do not need critical thinking skills are the ones that will be disrupted quickly,' Professor Shafiabady said.
One popular job that could be made redundant sooner rather than later is the personal trainer.
Professor Shafiabady predicted they soon won't be needed to help someone get into shape.
'You will have an app that assesses your needs and provides you with guidelines on how to train yourself in the gym,' she said.
'It will be more flexible, you wouldn't have to book a specific time and you wouldn't have to pay much either.
'The AI will look at what you need and perform a biomechanical analysis of the body and what it needs that day and would propose the workout that's suited for that day. Every day you will get a new workout program.'
Professor Shafiabady said the jobs that won't be impacted are the ones that require strategic planning and thinking.
'If you're the CEO of a company, your job is safe because we're not at a level yet where we'll allow strategic decisions to be taken over by machines,' she said.
'Jobs that need critical thinking skills are the safest jobs.'
While many jobs will no longer be performed by humans, AI will make the lives of many Aussies much easier and more convenient.
Professor Shafiabady doesn't think Aussies will be sitting in traffic, or even driving, in 10 years.
'We will have self-driving cars that might not even have wheels so you won't have to worry about driving,' she said.
Professor Shafiabady predicted traffic conjestion will be significantly reduced with AI systems using real-time images from traffic lights to adjust signal timings.
She said similar systems were already being implemented in some 'smart cities' including Singapore and Dubai.
'They look at the traffic in each junction and in accordance to that it (AI) optimises the traffic light's duration,' she said.
'Many people won't have to go out for their jobs, and (in conjunction with these) AI optimising facilities, we will have much less traffic on the roads.'
Professor Shafiabady also described the impact AI will have on our lifestyles.
'In the morning, we will have AI systems with real-time weather predictions that will adjust the temperature in your room,' she said.
'A person will use the AI assistant to run down a schedule for the day and the AI assistant would have optimised the schedule throughout the night.
'So AI will think about how you can optimise your day in respect to what needs to be done.'
She said we can forget about having to prepare their own meals.
'You will go to the fridge and the fridge would have analysed your nutritional needs and will provide the recommendation as to what breakfast would suit your day based on how intense your day is,' she said.
'If you want a smoothie it will be prepared by a robotic arm in your kitchen.'
And Aussies, if they want, will only read or listen to the news they want to receive.
'Instead of going through all the headlines, the AI recommendation system, on a tablet or whatever you're using, will show the news that's of interest to you,' Professor Shafiabady said.
She said Uber Eats won't be employing a person to deliver a meal, but it would likely be taken to your house via drone.
'And the dietary needs for the lunch would have been analysed. The ideal weight you want to be could be taken into account when ordering meal,' she said.
And at the end of the day, AI will tell you how you can make tomorrow better.
'AI will review your day and provide suggestions for improvement to maximise productivity for the next day,' Professor Shafiabady said.