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Jacob Shteyman

AI could devalue your degree, federal government warns

Universities need to rethink assessment and recruitment amid the rise of AI, a minister says. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A university degree might become less valuable for securing a job in the age of artificial intelligence, posits an influential member of the government's economics team, as financial workers worry that AI might steal their jobs.

Rather than formal schooling, judgment may became a greater predictor of success, Andrew Leigh, the assistant minister for productivity, will say in a speech in Brisbane on Tuesday.

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