Future of Work

New Roles Emerging in the AGI Era

The categories of work that did not exist five years ago and are becoming significant — AI engineers, evaluators, prompt designers, AI safety roles, and more.

Risograph illustration of a future workplace with human-AI teams — Plate / The default working unit is becoming the human-AI team.

Executive summary

Every automation wave produces new categories of work. The AGI wave is producing AI engineers and product builders, evaluators and red-teamers, AI-system overseers in regulated sectors, prompt and evaluation specialists, and trust-and-safety roles at every layer.

Key concepts

AI engineering
Evaluation and red-teaming
Oversight roles
Trust and safety
AI-augmented specialist roles

AI engineering and product

Building products on top of frontier models is a fast-growing category, distinct from classical ML engineering.

Evaluation and red-teaming

Probing models for capability and harm is now a discipline. Major labs, evaluators, and governments hire for this.

Oversight roles

Regulated sectors (health, finance, law) increasingly require human oversight on AI-influenced decisions. These oversight roles are new and growing.

Trust and safety

Every consumer-facing AI product needs a trust-and-safety function. The discipline is professionalising fast.

Key takeaways

01AI engineering and product roles are growing fastest.
02Evaluation and oversight are emerging professional disciplines.
03Most regulated sectors are adding AI-oversight headcount.
04Cross-domain experts who can apply AI to a sector are valuable.

Frequently asked questions

How do I move into these roles?

Combine domain expertise with serious AI fluency. Most new roles reward people who can bridge a sector and the technology.

Do you need a CS degree?

For some, yes. For many, demonstrated capability in building, evaluating, or overseeing AI systems matters more than credentials.