"Assessing Job Safety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence with Isabella Loaisa and Roberto Rigobon's EPOC Score"

Generated on February 13, 2026

TLDR Charlie and Anna discuss job security in an AI-dominated future, identifying roles that require physical or complex interpersonal interactions as more resistant to automation; Isabella Loaisa and Roberto Rigobon propose the EPOC score to measure jobs' resilience against AI displacement.

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00:00 Charlie and Anna consider safe jobs from AI, like trades requiring physical skills or complex human interactions that are hard to automate.
03:40 Charlie and Anna grapple with future job security amidst AI advancements, considering trades or complex human interactions as safer bets.
07:35 Charlie and Anna examine job security amid AI growth; midwives, detectives see better safety prospects.
11:19 Charlie and Anna explore job safety from AI with midwives and detectives seeing better security, but Daniel suggests changes are inevitable.
15:08 Charlie and Anna examine which jobs might remain stable against AI displacement, while Daniel suggests organizations will need to adapt or face automation of certain roles.
18:53 Isabella Loaisa and Roberto Rigobon developed the EPOC score to evaluate human uniqueness by assessing empathy, presence, opinion/judgment, creativity, and hope in contrast to AI capabilities.
22:31 Isabella Loaisa and Roberto Rigobon created the EPOC score, evaluating jobs like emergency management directors as high in "humanness," potentially safe from AI.
26:13 Isabella Loaisa and Roberto Rigobon's EPOC score highlighted jobs requiring human judgment, like lawyering where AI can automate clerical tasks but not replace critical skills.
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