The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs for Young People Just Got Stronger
14 days ago
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- AI's impact on young workers' employment is a debated topic with mixed evidence.
- Recent Stanford research suggests a 13% decline in employment for young workers in AI-exposed jobs like software development and customer service.
- Older workers and less AI-exposed jobs, such as home health aides, show steady or rising employment.
- AI's effect varies between automative (replacing tasks) and augmentative (enhancing human work) roles.
- Automative roles (e.g., software engineering, accounting) see job declines, while augmentative roles (e.g., managerial tasks) do not.
- The debate highlights the need for updated education curricula to include AI tool usage.
- AI's current economic impact includes GDP growth from infrastructure spending and a cheating crisis in education.
- Predicting AI's future is challenging; focusing on present impacts provides clearer insights.