Will artificial intelligence replace human jobs
This is a model answer written to show what a Band 7 response looks like against the marking criteria. It is a worked example, not a graded submission. To see your own band, paste your writing into the free checker.
The prompt
Some people believe that artificial intelligence will eventually take over most jobs currently done by humans. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Band 7 model answer (258 words)
As artificial intelligence moves from research labs into offices and factories, many people predict that machines will eventually perform most of the work humans do today. I disagree with this view: while AI will certainly transform employment, I believe it will change jobs far more often than it eliminates them.
It is true that some roles are genuinely at risk. Tasks that follow fixed rules, such as processing invoices, checking documents or answering routine customer queries, can already be automated more cheaply than they can be staffed. Workers in these areas face real disruption, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise.
However, most jobs are bundles of tasks rather than a single routine. A nurse records data, which a machine can do, but also calms a frightened patient, which it cannot. History supports this pattern: the spreadsheet did not abolish accountants, it removed their dullest work and let them advise clients instead. In the same way, AI tends to absorb the repetitive parts of a role while the human parts, such as judgement, persuasion and care, become more valuable, not less.
There is also a practical limit. Companies adopt technology only when customers accept it, and people consistently prefer humans for decisions that affect them deeply, from medical diagnoses to court rulings. That preference slows full automation even where it is technically possible.
In conclusion, artificial intelligence will reshape most occupations and remove some entirely, but the claim that it will take over most human work overstates both what machines can do and what societies will allow.
Why this reaches Band 7
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Task Response
A clear, nuanced position ("change jobs far more often than it eliminates them") is defended throughout, and conceding that "some roles are genuinely at risk" makes the disagreement credible rather than one-sided.
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Coherence and Cohesion
The argument builds logically from concession to rebuttal to a practical limit, with each paragraph opening on its main claim. Referencing ("this pattern", "That preference") ties ideas together without repetition.
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Lexical Resource
Flexible, precise phrasing such as "bundles of tasks", "absorb the repetitive parts" and "overstates both what machines can do and what societies will allow".
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Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Sophisticated structures, including contrastive clauses ("which a machine can do, but also... which it cannot"), used accurately and with control.
The one fix to reach Band 7
Band 6 essays on this topic usually assert that "AI will create new jobs" without evidence. The move that earns Band 7 is grounding the claim in a concrete mechanism or example, as this essay does with the nurse and the spreadsheet, so the reader sees why the position holds.
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