'Fully Replacing People': A Tech Investor Says These Two Professions Should Be the Most Wary of AI Taking Their Jobs

'Fully Replacing People': A Tech Investor Says These Two Professions Should Be the Most Wary of AI Taking Their Jobs

Benchmark General Partner Victor Lazarte says that AI is replacing many jobs, with two professions in particular in jeopardy. Read more about AI and the future of work, here.

A tech investor says AI is already coming for jobs — and 2 professions should be very nervous

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIVictor Lazarte, a general partner at Benchmark, said AI is "fully replacing people."Two white-collar professionals should be very nervous: lawyers and recruiters.Lazarte also said companies will become "more valuable" and much smaller.One tech investor isn't buying the corporate spin about AI boosting workers."Big companies talk about, like, 'AI isn't replacing people, it's augmenting them,'" said Victor Laz…

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As Bill Gates says AI will replace white-collar jobs, one expert says two professions are on the chopping block

AI is set to replace, not assist, human workers according to one expert. Legal and recruiting roles could be among the first to disappear.