Click here to download the “AI is Killing Knowledge Work” pdf version of this article. A few months ago, I sat in a boardroom in Munich. At the same time, a senior partner at a professional services firm watched an artificial intelligence system draft a client report in twelve seconds. Twelve seconds. The report was coherent. Structured. It pulled data from public filings, summarised regulatory shifts, and even suggested three strategic options. It was not brilliant. But it was good. Good enough that the room went quiet. This was work that, six months earlier, would have taken an associate two days. Someone eventually laughed and said, “Well, that is the end of the graduate intake.” It was a joke. Mostly.