Kyle Wisniewski
Course paper · FIN 4800 · University of Denver · 24 Sep 2026
Artificial Intelligence on Wall Street and the Demand for Human Skills
Built on August 2026 conversations with practitioners at Goldman Sachs, UBS, Bank of America, Norges Bank Investment Management, and seven other firms, during the University of Denver’s An Organized Walk Down Wall Street.
Read the paperResearch mission
Empirical and qualitative research on how artificial intelligence is changing the global economy and the individual.
Topics in this paper
- AI on Wall StreetIn the paperHow Wall Street Firms Are Deploying Generative AI
- Generative AI in bankingIn the paperThree Use-Cases: Bank of America, OMERS, and UBS
- Human skills in the age of AIIn the paperCreating Economic Value
- AI and entry-level finance jobsIn the paperWhat Skills Hiring Managers Are Searching for
- AI fluencyIn the paperFluency With AI Tools, Without Deference
- Critical thinking and AIIn the paperThe External Record of Knowledge
- AI accountabilityIn the paperProvenance and Accountability
- Active listeningIn the paperCommunication and Active Listening
- Relationship building in financeIn the paperRelationship Cultivation and Reputation Establishment
- The future of work in financeIn the paperConclusion
Quotes from the paper
But math is math. An opinion has some element of emotion to it because you’re making a statement
The rewriting of history based on where the model is framed is problematic.
Paul Marcussen · lead portfolio manager, Norges Bank Investment Management You have to be in the living room with the family. No computers, no AI. They’ve got to look at you.
Patrick Boyle · Managing Director, Bessemer Trust
Quotations are from personal communications during course firm visits in August 2026 and are published with the permission of the people quoted.
Data and AI Lab Manager
University of Denver — Daniels College of Business, since November 2026.
Concurrent master’s study
MS Applied Quantitative Finance and MA Global Economic Affairs at the University of Denver, expected March 2028.
Quantitative Markets & Institutions Lab
6 executed investigations over a frozen 15-ETF universe.