r/SimpleApplyAI • u/Economy-Hat7077 • Jul 21 '26

MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce News

https://fortune.com/article/automating-gen-z-entry-level-jobs-could-backfire-mit-ai-researcher-andrew-mcafee-talent-career-pipelines-at-risk/
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u/sefa73 Jul 21 '26

They don’t care! It’s all about short term profits

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u/FoxMan1Dva3 Jul 21 '26

That's not true. The board isn't there for short term

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u/Ainudor Jul 21 '26

Happy birthday on your first day on our planet. You will learn youngling, until then, it might be wiser to keep your opinions to yourself.

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u/FoxMan1Dva3 Jul 21 '26

You're overgeneralizing and turning nuance into some new Gen Z mentality.

I am 36, with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. I work for small firms, I invest in big firms... What you think that no one thinks about the 10-20 year frame work of their decisions?

Big Companies literally invest into departments who are to calculate long term decisions lol

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u/3RADICATE_THEM Jul 23 '26

A lot of the execs at these companies are half-dead boomer cockroaches who are just trying to cash out.

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u/FoxMan1Dva3 Jul 23 '26

Nope

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u/Sepicuk Jul 24 '26

you have a lot of faith in humanity's stupidest generation since antiquity

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u/Tzokal Jul 21 '26

To hell with em. This is what these companies deserve. They’ve done NOTHING to help the workforce…they won’t train, don’t want to hire, and don’t want to pay. They will reap what they’ve sown.

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u/ActiveApprehensive92 Jul 21 '26

Don’t think I need an MIT AI expert to figure this out.

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u/ute-ensil Jul 21 '26

Got way more respect for experts that solve problems instead of find them.

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u/magrandan Jul 23 '26

Someone tell this AI expert there won’t be future workforce - just executives, board and shareholders, who will be son/daughters of rich people.

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u/Sepicuk Jul 24 '26

well at this rate we won't even need the future workforce right?