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Sarah O'Connor

How AI will kill off junior jobs (and talent)

Professional business models may need to change if novices lose the opportunities to learn and progress when artificial intelligence takes over their work.

One of my first jobs as a trainee reporter was to write a daily sharemarket report. It was the sort of task that wouldn’t trouble an experienced journalist, but for a novice like me, it was scary and hard.

I was lucky, though: after I filed my draft, my editor would have me stand behind his shoulder and watch his screen while he edited it. He would explain out loud what he was changing and why, which helped me learn how to do it a bit better the next day.

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Sarah O'Connor is a columnist, reporter and associate editor at the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column focused on the world of work, as well as longer reported articles.

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