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Medicine, law, accounting, professional engineering. Notice something in common with all of these? With the exception of law, automation has already arrived in
by pbourke 3y ago
Medicine, law, accounting, professional engineering. Notice something in common with all of these?
With the exception of law, automation has already arrived in all of these fields (to accounting first, 1-2 generations ago) and there are now more people in each field rather than less.
Answering my own question: each has a comfortable regulatory moat and competent professional society to defend it.
- hgsgm 3y agoLaw is highly automated at the low end where Rocket and Nolo displaced the "neighborhood lawyer". Same for accounting and TurboTax.
- pcthrowaway 3y agoYeah, but only certified humans can legally practice law. And they're also the group of people with the best ability to prevent changes in that legislation