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Economist Gonzalo Bernardos warns AI will hit white-collar jobs: accountants and administrative staff most exposed

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Economist Gonzalo Bernardos warned on the podcast Inteligencia Artificial, hosted by Jon Hernández, that AI will affect office jobs, not only industrial workers as in previous technological revolutions. He said those doing repetitive administrative tasks or working as accountants should be looking for another job, and also placed translators among the most exposed. Still, he does not see AI as a threat in itself: it can raise productivity, reduce errors and free workers from monotonous tasks.

In 35 seconds

  • Bernardos says accountants and those doing repetitive administrative tasks should already be looking for another job
  • He places translators among the most exposed professionals and says that job "has no future at all"
  • Unlike previous revolutions, the impact will fall on office jobs, on white-collar workers
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