“The rise of ChatGPT made me realise — I’m going to lose my interpreter job,” said Sophia Sheng. After a degree in advanced translation, the 23-year-old is now studying for a masters in management at the University of Manchester, having seen friends in the industry struggle. “I have this fear that someday a lot of jobs are going to be replaced by AI . . . [That’s] why I chose to shift to a completely new field.”