Young workers boo AI as job fears mount

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Anxiety over artificial intelligence is hardening among young workers as executives promote faster adoption and companies point to automation in fresh job cuts.

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt faced boos from graduating University of Arizona students this week as he described artificial intelligence as a force that would be “larger, faster and more consequential” than previous technological shifts.

Schmidt told students the technology would touch “every profession, classroom, hospital, laboratory, person and relationship you have”. He acknowledged their concerns over job security and an uncertain future as rational, while presenting the disruption as something workers would have to adapt to.

The reaction captured a wider unease among young digital natives entering the workforce as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini become household names and employers accelerate plans to embed AI across daily operations.

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