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How the service industry sees AI as a double-edged sword

It spans call center agents, accountants, doctors, lawyers, bankers and engineers. Lower value work Today, the Philippines remains concentrated in relatively lower-value knowledge work.

How the service industry sees AI as a double-edged sword

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It spans call center agents, accountants, doctors, lawyers, bankers and engineers.

Lower value work Today, the Philippines remains concentrated in relatively lower-value knowledge work.

Much of the highest-value knowledge work stays in the West, where companies research, design and coordinate complex products.

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It spans call center agents, accountants, doctors, lawyers, bankers and engineers. Lower value work Today, the Philippines remains concentrated in relatively lower-value knowledge work. Much of the highest-value knowledge work stays in the West, where companies research, design and coordinate complex products.

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  • Philippine service industry to the need to move toward higher-value work.

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Lower-value execution is outsourced to countries like the Philippines.

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