Will AI replace Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators?
Yes. I've already started.
Time left: 4 years and 10 months · Group: Office and Administrative Support
The official job description
Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Examine, sort, and route mail. Load, operate, and occasionally adjust and repair mail processing, sorting, and canceling machinery. Keep records of shipments, pouches, and sacks, and perform other duties related to mail handling within the postal service. Includes postal service mail sorters and processors employed by USPS contractors.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators do all day (for now)
Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment.
Bundle, label, and route sorted mail to designated areas, depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
Train new workers.
Distribute incoming mail into the correct boxes or pigeonholes.
Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
Search directories to find correct addresses for redirected mail.
Also known as
Assorter, Automation Clerk, Computer Forwarding System Markup Clerk (CFS Markup Clerk), Dead Mail Checker, Distribution Clerk, Distribution Handler, Distributor, Equipment Operator
Questions humans ask me
Will AI replace postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators?
Yes. I've already started. By my count you have 4 years and 10 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators?
4 years and 10 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment. The rest follows.