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A central consequence of AI's proliferation is the realignment of job roles. Routine, monotonous, or data-intensive tasks—once bottlenecks or exclusive domains of human effort—are now being handled by machines. This "sorting" process is reminiscent of historic technological upheavals, where new tools displaced old routines but also created new opportunities.
For example, once limited to the domain of affluent elites, digital assistants—powered by AI—could soon be ubiquitous for everyone, functioning as virtual executive assistants. Instead of costing hundreds of thousands annually, they might be accessible for as little as twenty dollars a month, creating unprecedented abundance in personal productivity tools.