THE effect of AI on jobs is expected to be bad. But having said that, there are some professions we’d be happy to see gone forever. Such as these…
Management consultants
You’ve got admire the sheer brass neck of 22-year-old Anthropology graduates telling 50-somethings how they should be running businesses older than they are. But firms are already laying off consultants, probably because AI can tell you to sell more and cut costs. It’s well within AI’s abilities to handle strategy memos and financial analyses, and any client would rather deal with dull ChatGPT text than the smug face of a recent Oxbridge grad called Xander.
Radio DJs
A computer can surely generate inane anecdotes between songs and a less annoying voice than most DJs. Only an overtly evil AI like Skynet or the Allied Ma