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The AI Job Apocalypse Still Hasn’t Happened

For years we’ve been hearing that AI was going to destroy huge numbers of jobs almost overnight. That hasn’t happened. The U.S. labor market is still relatively strong, and there hasn’t been widespread unemployment directly caused by AI. Even Sam Altman recently said AI hasn’t taken as many white collar jobs as he originally feared.

However, there's a catch. AI seems to be hitting younger workers and entry level positions much harder. In a recent Stanford study found employment for workers aged 22–25 in highly AI exposed jobs is about 19% lower than it would have been compared with less-exposed fields. So maybe the AI job apocalypse isn’t actually happening the way people predicted.

Instead of replacing millions of experienced workers overnight, AI could be making it harder for young people to get their first job in the first place. That could end up being a much slower but bigger problem.

Check out these articles I read for my sources peeps:

https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/news/canariesaug26/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-finan...-postponed

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...026-05-26/