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Younger people may not believe this but before spreadsheets investment bankers worked really long hours. It’s only thanks to Excel that Goldman Sachs associates can get everything done and leave the office at 3pm on Fridays. Now LLMs mean they’ll only have to work one day a week! ~ Benedict Evans

Benedict Evans who makes a living (job) analyzing trends in Tech, publishes newsletters, and annual reports, and generally has an ongoing well thought out analysis of tech trends.

Below find one of his useful articles on what might be the best way to think of Generative and other AI’s effect on employment, “jobs of the future”, and whether we should feel doomed, or not doomed. How does one structure education without quite knowing what a student is being educated to do… what sort of career or employment?

AI and the automation of work — Benedict Evans