Which career is less likely to be impacted by AI, CPA or Paralegal?

[Anonymous]

If an undergrad is considering these two careers, which is a safer bet?

[Anonymous]

AI is not going to impact either of those careers in a meaningful way because it's mostly garbage. But I'd say, you are much safer being a CPA than a paralegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AI is not going to impact either of those careers in a meaningful way because it's mostly garbage. But I'd say, you are much safer being a CPA than a paralegal.

Why would one be much safer being a CPA?

[Anonymous]

CPA because it involves numbers (vs. text), integration of materials that may not be digitized, the possibility of working directly with clients as the lead personal interface, and a licensing exam.

Note: I believe that AI will be a tool more than a job killer but I see paralegal work as more vulnerable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AI is not going to impact either of those careers in a meaningful way because it's mostly garbage. But I'd say, you are much safer being a CPA than a paralegal.

Why would one be much safer being a CPA?

New poster here, but ithink there's more of a human element to a CPA's. Also, they're the ultimate decision-maker/advisor. Paralegals are primarily just researching as the preliminary stages for an attorney to make decisions or give advice.

I'm an attorney and our paralegal pretty much just puts requests into AI now and it's on us to verify the research/ results. Outside of some admin tasks, she's unintentionally kind of made herself replaceable, but we love her and she's so good at the other stuff, she has infinite job security from us. Otherwise, we could get a legal assistant for much cheaper.