With artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies developing at breakneck speed, it's only a matter of time before some of today's most common professions are on the chopping block.

On the upside, there should be plenty of new careers to choose from. Innovations often tend to create more jobs than they destroy, while the transition to carbon neutrality and the challenges of climate change are primed to generate a host of new roles.

Read on to discover 13 professions we think will be safe and 15 occupations that will be consigned to the past by the year 2040.

All dollar amounts in US dollars.