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Humans Still Matter More Than AI in Finance

The Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
10 May 2026
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10 May 2026, 04:00 am

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As AI fever sweeps finance, it is neither delivering the profit nirvana predicted by tech evangelists nor hastening the doom the Cassandras have warned about.

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This analysis argues that despite rapid adoption in the financial sector, AI currently lacks the depth of reasoning required to replace human judgment in complex financial decision-making. By highlighting the limitations of 'AI native' workers and the shallow nature of AI-generated insights, the piece suggests that immediate catastrophic risks from autonomous financial systems are moderated by ongoing human oversight. However, it underscores the importance of maintaining cognitive human benchmarks as frontier AI capabilities continue to evolve within global financial governance frameworks. The article serves as a cautionary note against over-reliance on automated systems in sectors critical to global economic stability.

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TechnologyAIPrint articleUpdated May 10, 2026 – 1.27pm, first published at 11.59amA few months ago, a New York financier told me he had just experienced a “first”: his 2025 summer interns “were the first true AI natives I have seen”. This meant they had grown up not only among digital tech, but AI too.So how did it go? He winced. While those wannabe masters of the universe initially seemed wildly impressive, when senior financiers later probed their ideas, they found them alarmingly shallow.Loading...Financial TimesSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIOpinionJPMorgan ChaseJerome PowellNvidiaFederal ReserveUKIMFOpenAIFetching latest articles