Will AI Replace Financial Advisors? AI Risk 42/100

Q: Will AI replace financial advisors?

Financial advisors get an AI risk score of 42 out of 100 (medium risk). Parts of the job will be automated, but the role itself should change rather than disappear.

Medium risk

The verdict

Parts of the job will be automated, but the role itself should change rather than disappear.

What AI already does

Robo-advisers build and rebalance portfolios cheaply.

What stays human

Trust, life planning and keeping clients calm in a crash.

What to learn next

Financial planning qualifications, tax and estate planning.

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Sources: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025; IMF, "Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work" (2024); ILO, "Generative AI and Jobs" (2023, updated 2025); Eloundou et al., "GPTs are GPTs" (2023); Frey and Osborne, "The Future of Employment" (2013). Scores are RoboDoom's own estimates, see how we score.

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