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Junior Bankers Say Grunt Work Matters Even With AI Taking On the Tasks They Hate

Bridgewater CEO Nir Bar Dea talks about how AI could alter the industry landscape with Bloomberg’s Sonali Basak at Bloomberg Invest.Source: Bloomberg
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Wall Street firms are all in on AI, touting it as a game-changer that can minimize the repetitive, soul-crushing tasks that define junior bankers’ early careers. After long complaining about excessive hours of grunt work, junior bankers might be expected to celebrate too.

Instead of relief, the rise of artificial intelligence is causing anxiety, and not just over job security but what might be missed by skipping the grind. The concerns may strike some as ironic given analysts’ gripes about the drudgery associated with creating slide decks and pitch books.