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The author argues that AI may automate tasks but can’t easily unbundle jobs or replace roles that allocate authority and manage conflicts. He shows that when tasks are tied together by unpredictable demand, spillovers, and legal or trust issues, humans retain the dominant share of work and pay.
- Jobs are bundles of tasks, not single tasks, and AI automating one task doesn't dissolve the whole bundle if the bundle is "strong"
- Travel agents (weak bundle) lost 60% of jobs to automation, while accountants (strong bundle) are projected to grow 5% despite bookkeeping clerks declining 6%
- Bundles stay strong—and resist automation—when demand is unpredictable, tasks have spillovers (e.g., a radiologist seeing the patient improves scan reading), or liability/trust is unclear (who's responsible when AI drafts and a human signs off)
- Managers and professionals who allocate resources, resolve conflicts, and bear responsibility for outcomes perform a role AI can't absorb, keeping mid-level jobs intact even as individual tasks get automated