Should we be down playing the impact of AI on young people, youth unemployment and the demand for entry level jobs? To be honest youth unemployment is a problem in many regions and countries and hiring freezes are a sign of a very restricted economy. Well no more I'm assuming with the jobs report later today.
If millions of students are using chatGPT can we assume that even the value of a college education will become eroded? Are we supposed to imagine that these young people are more likely to become entrepreneurs because of their cohort struggle to find an entry-level job?
If the Trump Administration wants to tweak immigration and deport masses of people, it's going to have dire consequences on the labor demand supply market. Meddling in industrial policy is not helping. If tech companies continue to use AI for a greater amount of their code, what is that even mean for the long-term demand for software engineers?
“Are we supposed to imagine that these young people are more likely to become entrepreneurs because of their cohort struggle to find an entry-level job?”
In my experience in the tech world that is exactly what’s happening.
The FOMO of turning down an MBB, Goldman, Google offer in favor of a relatively unknown startup is for many young grads (especially children of immigrants, first in their family to go to college etc) too high to really consider something more interesting
Those jobs drying up will save lots of young talented people years wasted chasing someone else’s definition of success
Congratulations on your new position at Harvard College. Also, thank you for sharing your speech. I want to offer a candid perspective if i may. Your speech sounds like (and i might be wrong or have misunderstood it) Harvard hasn't fully adapted to the post-AI reality. Similar to your bootcamp example, the Harvard "toolkit" as described may come across as outdated. Thinking critically, understanding others, those can be accessed through other universities as well. Students are less worried about acquiring those traits, and more interested about how to apply it in a post-AI world so they can be able to take the risks you speak of. Rather than "future proof" i think the aim is to be "future defining".
Should we be down playing the impact of AI on young people, youth unemployment and the demand for entry level jobs? To be honest youth unemployment is a problem in many regions and countries and hiring freezes are a sign of a very restricted economy. Well no more I'm assuming with the jobs report later today.
If millions of students are using chatGPT can we assume that even the value of a college education will become eroded? Are we supposed to imagine that these young people are more likely to become entrepreneurs because of their cohort struggle to find an entry-level job?
If the Trump Administration wants to tweak immigration and deport masses of people, it's going to have dire consequences on the labor demand supply market. Meddling in industrial policy is not helping. If tech companies continue to use AI for a greater amount of their code, what is that even mean for the long-term demand for software engineers?
“Are we supposed to imagine that these young people are more likely to become entrepreneurs because of their cohort struggle to find an entry-level job?”
In my experience in the tech world that is exactly what’s happening.
The FOMO of turning down an MBB, Goldman, Google offer in favor of a relatively unknown startup is for many young grads (especially children of immigrants, first in their family to go to college etc) too high to really consider something more interesting
Those jobs drying up will save lots of young talented people years wasted chasing someone else’s definition of success
That’s a great speech David! It got me excited about the future too.
[insert entire post here], said the new Dean of Harvard College.
Dean Deming,
Congratulations on your new position at Harvard College. Also, thank you for sharing your speech. I want to offer a candid perspective if i may. Your speech sounds like (and i might be wrong or have misunderstood it) Harvard hasn't fully adapted to the post-AI reality. Similar to your bootcamp example, the Harvard "toolkit" as described may come across as outdated. Thinking critically, understanding others, those can be accessed through other universities as well. Students are less worried about acquiring those traits, and more interested about how to apply it in a post-AI world so they can be able to take the risks you speak of. Rather than "future proof" i think the aim is to be "future defining".
Thank you
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