Quest: Touched Isn't Gone

Juno: AI could touch 47 percent of a lawyer's hours! Mochi: but demand for lawyers falls only 18 percent; touched isn't gone. The Rust Baron: 81 percent of office hours, I'm basically gone! Mochi: 38 percent fewer needed, the rest of the job changes. Tock: the number who must switch could be six to sixteen million. Juno: McKinsey says tech sets what's possible, bosses set the speed.

Automation touching a job is not the same as ending it: McKinsey's report says AI could affect 47% of lawyers' working hours but cut demand for lawyers by only 18%, and 81% of office-support hours but demand by 38%; the 11 million figure is the midpoint of a 6 to 16 million range, because technology sets what is possible and managers' choices set how fast it happens.

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JunoMochiThe Rust BaronTock