However, this isn’t the end of the story. The systems within which we operate play a crucial role in shaping our jobs as well. As a business school professor, an obvious system is tenure, meaning that I cannot be easily replaced, even if my job were outsourced to AI. But more subtle are the many other systems at a university. Let’s say an AI could deliver a lecture better than I can. Would students be willing to outsource their learning to AI? Would our classroom technology be able to accommodate AI teaching? Would the deans of the university feel comfortable using AI in this way? Would the
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