profession file · read as its task mix mostly machine territory

machine territory 71% moving fast 19% shared ground 10%

// the weekly task mix, weighted, mapped to the exposure scale. Derived, not declared: change the mix and the bar changes. method

Paralegal

law

Paralegals do the legal legwork: researching case law, reviewing and organizing documents, drafting routine filings and keeping case files in order. AI now performs much of that document review, summarization and drafting, which puts it close to the center of this job.

The exposed part of the week

// tasks in this mix that sit in machine territory or moving fast

Document Read Research Sort Arrange Collect Summarize Write

The part that gains value

// the shared and human ground in this job's mix

Communicate Note

The full mix

// what fills this job's week ( ●●● core · ●● regular · ● occasional )

Document●●●

Read●●●

Research●●●

Sort●●●

Summarize●●

Safer ground: build these

// the future skills that shield this particular mix

Critical thinking

reasoning independently, informed by evidence

Responsibility & ethics

acting for the benefit of society at large

handling complexity or distilling it into simplicity

understand how ai would affect us, for better or worse

adhering to facts & truth

understanding & defining symptoms & underlying problems

Ask yourself

Home field

// the dossier(s) behind this profession

Law card

the rules & frames set by the government

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