Filenews 10 October 2025
By Jack Kelly
Artificial intelligence is evolving at breakneck speed. The big question is when technology will dominate the labour market. You need to think about your career. Will this change affect you? With US debt amounting to $36 trillion. While tariffs and economic uncertainty are causing tensions, the development of AI is urgently calling on workers to protect themselves.
According to reports by PwC, McKinsey, and the World Economic Forum, AI is expected to radically transform the global workforce by 2050. Estimates indicate that up to 60% of today's jobs will require significant adjustment due to AI. Automation and "smart" systems will become an integral part of the work environment.
To stay competitive, invest in skills like critical thinking and digital fluency. Target AI-resilient sectors, such as healthcare or education. Support retraining programs to rediscover your career orientation.
As investor and founder of hedge fund Bridgewater, Ray Dalio, warns, the future of the economy depends on the balance between artificial intelligence and human resources. As he says, "those who prepare today, create the world of tomorrow".
Things change quickly
Estimates vary, but experts converge that AI will change conditions in most professional industries within the next 10-30 years. A McKinsey report predicts that by 2030, 30% of current jobs in the U.S. could be automated, while 60% would change significantly due to AI tools. Goldman Sachs estimates that by 2045 50% of jobs could be fully automated, thanks to generative AI and robotics.
In a previous report, Goldman Sachs predicted that 300 million. Jobs could be lost due to AI, affecting 25% of the global job market. The positive thing is that artificial intelligence threatens less the industries that require intense work: construction, installations, repairs, maintenance.
Dalio warns of a "big deleverage", where artificial intelligence will accelerate productivity but replace workers at a faster rate than new job openings, possibly within the next two decades. Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, warned in early October that the impact of AI is already visible in sectors such as financial and legal services, predicting a "restructuring" in office workers' duties by 2035. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, in a letter to shareholders, expressed the assessment that AI will dominate repetitive tasks within the next 15 years.
The actual pace depends on technological innovations, regulatory framework, and financial incentives. Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, who runs Pershing Square, argues that companies' adoption of AI is accelerating due to pressures to reduce operating costs and speed up their timelines.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent counters that AI could boost U.S. competitiveness if combined with retraining, delaying mass layoffs of workers. By 2040, AI will have automated or transformed 50% to 60% of jobs, and is expected to fully dominate (over 80%) by 2050.
Which jobs will AI hit first?
The impact of AI will not be uniform. Some jobs will disappear quickly, while others will last longer. Jobs like data entry, scheduling, and customer service have already been replaced by AI tools like chatbots and robotic process automation.
A 2024 study by the Public Policy Research Institute found that 60% of administrative tasks can be automated. Fink notes that BlackRock is streamlining back-office operations with AI, reducing costs. These positions, requiring repetitive data processing, face short-term obsolescence as AI accuracy improves.
Accounting, financial modelling and basic data analysis are particularly vulnerable. AI platforms like Bloomberg Terminal can already process numbers and generate reports faster than humans. Dimon warns that JPMorgan is automating "routine" banking tasks.
Legal assistants' work, contract drafting, and legal research are also in AI's crosshairs, as tools like Harvey and CoCounsel automate document analysis with 90% accuracy, according to a Stanford study published this year. Dalio points to AI's ability to analyze vast datasets, thereby threatening research positions in academia and consulting. However, superior legal strategy and advocacy in court will resist for a longer period of time.
Graphic design, copywriting, and basic journalism are threatened by tools like DALL-E and GPT-derived platforms, which produce content on a large scale. A Pew Research Center report published last year notes that 30% of media jobs could be automated by 2035. Ackman predicts that AI-generated content will soon dominate advertising, but argues that human creativity in storytelling and high art will last longer, delaying full automation.
Software development, engineering, and data science are a double-edged sword: AI increases productivity, but it also automates coding and design routines. A World Economic Forum report published this year points out that 40% of planning tasks could be automated by 2040. Bessent sees growth in AI-related roles, such as cybersecurity, but standardized STEM tasks will gradually be assigned to algorithms. Complex innovations, such as cutting-edge research and development, will remain at the helm of humans for longer.
Diagnostic AI and robotic surgery are advancing, but empathy-based jobs, such as nursing, therapy, and social work, are more difficult to automate. A Lancet study published in 2023 estimates that 25% of medical administrative tasks could be replaced by AI by 2035, but patient care requires human trust.
Teaching, especially in fields such as philosophy or early childhood education, and high-level positions in management rely on emotional intelligence and adaptability, something that AI struggles to replicate. An OECD report from 2024 suggests that only 10% of teaching tasks will be able to be automated by 2040. Dimon and Ackman emphasize that strategic leadership, ambiguity management, and team inspiration will remain human-centered roles.
