London Mayor Warns Artificial Intelligence Threatens Many Professional Jobs

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He basically said that AI is coming for the “knowledge worker” types. You know, the people who sit in meetings and say “synergy” unironically. He warned that hundreds of thousands of roles could be automated, from call centers to finance analysis. Honestly, I’m just worried about my friend Dave, who is a tax accountant and lives for spreadsheets.

Dave once bragged that he could find a tax loophole in his sleep. Now I imagine a robot doing it in 0.2 seconds, then asking for a raise. The Mayor’s point is that we need to prepare, not panic. But panic is my default setting, so here we are.

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The “Human Touch” That Can’t Be Coded

Here’s the funny part: the Mayor also said that jobs requiring a human touch—like caring for the elderly or creative writing—might survive. That’s good news for me, because I once wrote a poem about a lost sock and it got viral in my knitting group. But can AI replicate my awkward small talk with the barista? Probably not, because my small talk is a masterpiece of nonsense.

I tried to have a deep conversation with my smart speaker last week. I asked it for life advice, and it replied, “Playing ‘Despacito’ on Spotify.” That’s the difference—AI can’t understand why I need to complain about my cat’s haircut to a human.