# In an op-ed, Professor Amy Webb argues that artificial intelligence will have a significant impact on the job market

1 Faculty News March 28, 2017 ![Los Angeles Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032838.jpg?itok=d4eVwIbD)>

Excerpt from the [Los Angeles Times](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-webb-ai-mnuchin-20170328-story.html) -- "But AI won’t just affect driving, of course, it will soon affect every worker who processes transactions, and that includes white collar jobs. Already, machines are out-performing humans at storied investment banks like Goldman Sachs, where four traders can be replaced by one computer engineer and a handful of complex trading algorithms with machine-learning capabilities."

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