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AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study

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440 points pseudolus | 6 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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zoeey ◴[29 Aug 25 08:17 UTC] No.45061512[source]▶
This past year, I’ve seen a lot of entry-level jobs quietly disappear. It’s not that people are getting laid off, it’s that no one’s hiring beginners anymore. What’s really missing isn’t just the jobs, it’s the chance to grow. If there’s nowhere to start, how are new people supposed to get in and learn?
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1. celeryd ◴[29 Aug 25 08:54 UTC] No.45061777[source]▶
Sadly, they will just have to try harder. It is still doable especially for an American, and I'm not a fan of these doomsayers' prophesying. There is still hope because TikTok and video games are putting most young people in a trance.
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2. blitzar ◴[29 Aug 25 09:09 UTC] No.45061863[source]▶
TikTok and video games are also a more viable path to making $100,000 a month than any other professional path.
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3. rs186 ◴[29 Aug 25 09:24 UTC] No.45061957[source]▶
It is a career path, but it 1) is a path that only works for a small amount of people, most people don't earn anything like that 2) requires a special kind of personality and set of skills 3) is subject to the whim of algorithms 4) requires brand building over time but can be destroyed overnight for many reasons. Most "regular" jobs are much more stable.
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4. blitzar ◴[29 Aug 25 10:48 UTC] No.45062441{3}[source]▶
Not so long ago people who played with programming and computers were wasting their time and potential, disappointed their parents and would have been better off getting a "regular" job.
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5. rs186 ◴[29 Aug 25 11:42 UTC] No.45062756{4}[source]▶
Sure but your comment does not address all those facts that I said. So many jobs were unstable and remain unstable over the past 20 years.
6. mminer237 ◴[29 Aug 25 12:48 UTC] No.45063401[source]▶
Um, no. Way more young people are making that kind of money by being a programmer or doctor or lawyer or nurse or actuary or something versus the minuscule number of people making any significant money on tiktok or video games.