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re: Which jobs are at risk due to AI?

Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:35 pm to
Posted by Antonio Moss
The South
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:35 pm to
The easiest way I ever heard it described - if you spend five hours a day behind a computer, AI will take your job in the next 20 years.
Posted by NIH
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:40 pm to
That’s the only safety net if you believe our tech lords.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:44 pm to
Are we're 40 trillion dollars in debt
Posted by makersmark1
earth
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:44 pm to
If we include robots, even prostitution might be in trouble.

Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:47 pm to
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For real or are you being sarcastic? I’d hate to be a young associate just starting out having to worry about this. Paralegals and assistants/secretaries, too. I think seasoned partners are safe and will be out before being in danger.


Yea It’s going to change the whole industry. Agree that current partner level lawyers and up are probably gonna be OK but a lot of shite is going to change really fast which is going to create a lot of risk and instability.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
56095 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 6:50 pm to
China gonna release a virus to reduce the population worldwide

Maybe the terminator had it right all along

This post was edited on 5/24/26 at 6:51 pm
Posted by JoeyP239
Member since Nov 2025
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:05 pm to
We already have plenty of automation in manufacturing.

The only jobs that AI will replace is basically allowing 1 person using AI tools to be more productive than 2 other people all doing the same job.

Any job that requires extensive research will be replaced. But I don’t see much else. Coders, researchers, data gathers can be replaced.

lol at Kindergarten teachers…yeah I’m sure parents will be lined up to send their kids to a school that has teaching robots
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:08 pm to
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If you understand accounting you're safe.


We keep getting called by potential clients who used AI tax programs this year and things are an absolute mess.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41112 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:11 pm to
AI is like communism

Can handle basic things and us awful at complex things

Yet all we hear is the reason why it fails is because we don’t have enough if it.
Posted by Big Jim Slade
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:16 pm to
What’s the end goal here? Humans just go through life dealing with computers non stop and at every turn, while the world is filled with unemployed people?
Posted by Cracker
in a box
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:32 pm to
Paralegal is gone
Posted by Jay Are
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:34 pm to
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Automating all that will lead to substantial decreases in labor/production costs, allowing firms to pass on those savings to consumers in the form of lower prices


Are you joking, or are you 7 years old?
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
2337 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:36 pm to
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allowing firms to pass on those savings to consumers in the form of lower prices.


They may be allowed to pass savings onto customers, but none of them ever do.

Automation raises profits at the cost of quality. Nothing more.
Posted by Lou Pai
Member since Dec 2014
29598 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:46 pm to
Until other greedy capitalists come in and compete away their margins by lowering the price to consumers
Posted by Lou Pai
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:47 pm to
The general thrust of what he is saying 100% accurate.

The industries he is referring to are maybe not the best to reference because they are all broken and not really pure free markets.
Posted by Akit1
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:49 pm to
Mine isn’t in jeopardy. I can’t catch a break!
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 7:50 pm to
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Are you joking, or are you 7 years old?



What happens when supply curves shift right?
Posted by Lou Pai
Member since Dec 2014
29598 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 8:08 pm to


A lot of the stuff in the bottom half of this chart (i.e., below CPI) is produced in industries with relatively higher degrees of automation. New cars have actually way undershot overall inflation which seems very hard to believe but I guess that’s what the data is. Also worth noting that until Sleepy Joe came in, inflation itself was actually pretty low and stable. So that’s pretty amazing. Then you have all of those electronics that have actually been decimated in terms of price, to the benefit of consumers.
This post was edited on 5/24/26 at 8:11 pm
Posted by NoMercy
Member since Feb 2007
4759 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 8:24 pm to
We can sure use less lawyers. But we can’t replace food and beverage and cooks then I ain’t too concerned about the terminator.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
5261 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 8:33 pm to
Thanks. Crazy.
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