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The rise of artificial intelligence tools is leading to a quicker displacement of white-collar jobs in law and accounting than initially anticipated. Prominent law firms in the US have reduced associate positions following the introduction of AI legal research technologies, while the Big Four accounting firms have reported AI-related job cuts. According to Goldman Sachs, AI is projected to handle 25 to 30 percent of all professional services tasks in the next three years.

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00:00The professional class that once felt immune to AI disruption is now confronting an uncomfortable reality.
00:07Artificial intelligence is replacing lawyers, accountants, and financial analysts at a pace
00:12that is accelerating faster than almost any sector predicted.
00:16Major U.S. law firms have cut associate-level positions in the last 12 months
00:21after implementing AI contract review and legal research tools
00:25that complete in minutes what previously took junior lawyers weeks.
00:30The big four accounting firms have publicly disclosed AI-driven workforce reductions
00:35in their audit and compliance divisions.
00:37Goldman Sachs recently estimated that AI tools will be capable of handling 25 to 30 percent
00:44of all professional services work currently done by humans within the next three years.
00:50The workers most at risk are not those without college degrees.
00:54It is the ones who spent decades and six figures
00:57on professional training in fields that AI is now mastering
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