How AI Automation Is Quietly Deskilling White-Collar Workers

The problem isn’t AI itself. The problem is unreflective dependence on AI for everything it can do.

EXPERT OPINION BY ANDREA OLSON, CEO, PRAGMADIK @PRAGMADIK

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Most white-collar jobs are defined by tasks that feel routine and unglamorous. Drafting minutes from meetings, reconciling conflicting data, cleaning up document citations, and proofreading slides until the grammar is perfect. Historically, these tasks were just a part of the job, but they were also training. 

When an analyst painstakingly formats a dataset or a junior consultant irons out a proposal deck, they’re internalizing standards of quality, precision, and structure. They’re learning how to........

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