Benedict Evans: AI may automate much of junior lawyers', consultants' and bankers' routine work
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-23
Analyst Benedict Evans argues in a video interview that AI is likely to automate much of the routine work currently done by junior lawyers, consultants, bankers, and advertisers.
- He warns the "bottom of the pyramid" model is at risk: "A chunk of what the people at the bottom of the pyramid were doing—what happens to that?"
- Without having worked at a law firm or at Bain, BCG, or McKinsey, he suggests, it's hard to grasp how these systems actually function — meaning replacing juniors could break the industry's knowledge and training pipeline.
- The core tension: these industries rely on juniors doing grunt work as a learning path, and AI targets exactly that entry point.
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