## 3. Legal research and document review
Reviewing thousands of documents for relevance in litigation, researching precedent across decades of case law, drafting initial versions of standard contracts: AI is now meaningfully faster and often more thorough than human lawyers at these specific tasks.
This doesn’t mean lawyers disappear; it means the path through a legal career is changing, as tasks that used to occupy junior associates for years are increasingly automated.
## 4. Financial analysis and research
The core work of financial analysis, processing large amounts of data, identifying patterns, generating reports, producing initial investment theses, maps closely onto what current AI systems do well. The most durable parts of the job are the ones requiring judgment, relationship management, and decisions under genuine uncertainty with incomplete information.
## 5. Graphic design and visual production
AI image generation has crossed a quality threshold that has directly affected the market for stock imagery, basic illustration, simple marketing graphics, and product mockup variations. The parts of design involving genuine creative direction, brand strategy, and the judgment to know what will resonate remain firmly in human hands.