Stay in school, kids The researchers also theorized that entry-level workers could be especially affected by AI’s impact on jobs that require heavily “codified” knowledge—the kind of “formal, standardized, documented knowledge that can be taught through education, textbooks, or written procedures.” That would contrast with jobs where AI mainly complements an experienced worker’s more “tacit” knowledge, which is overwhelmingly “acquired through practice, mentorship, and repeated exposure to real ...