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SINCE the pandemic, the world of work is changing, not just the way work happens, but also where it happens.

- Neil Walker

Every time there is an Industrial Revolution, massive sectors of the workforce find their jobs being replaced by automation and need to re-train and re-skill or be left redundant.

The current revolution is different because it has impacted white collar workers as much, or even more so, than on blue-collar workers.

The most recent, post-pandemic, impact has been that of generative AI. Large language models, trained on the classics of literature, mathematics and philosophy, alongside every news article published online, have then had that learning muddied by the murkiness and bias of every post on social media.

These models are now being used to take on the mundane office tasks of writing emails, summarising articles and pulling together reports.

They are being used for conducting long list interviews, graphic design work and designing marketing materials. AI has already replaced hundreds of thousands of jobs in the commercial world but its strengths and abilities are only just starting to be really explored.