{"id":262504,"date":"2026-06-02T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/are-recent-high-school-graduates-worried-about-entering-the-workforce-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:40:09","slug":"are-recent-high-school-graduates-worried-about-entering-the-workforce-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/are-recent-high-school-graduates-worried-about-entering-the-workforce-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Are recent high school graduates worried about entering the workforce in the age of Artificial Intelligence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/are-recent-high-school-graduates-worried-about-entering-workforce-in-age-of-artificial-intelligence\/89-7ba522df-532d-4c4c-a61b-375361954cd9\">Are recent high school graduates worried about entering the workforce in the age of Artificial Intelligence?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/are-recent-high-school-graduates-worried-about-entering-workforce-in-age-of-artificial-intelligence\/89-7ba522df-532d-4c4c-a61b-375361954cd9\">https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/are-recent-high-school-graduates-worried-about-entering-workforce-in-age-of-artificial-intelligence\/89-7ba522df-532d-4c4c-a61b-375361954cd9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-02 19:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.kare11.com\">www.kare11.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KARE 11 interviewed high school seniors at the Harding High School graduation ceremony Monday night to find out.<\/p>\n<p>SAINT PAUL, Minn. \u2014 Graduating from high school is already stressful, but imagine planning a future in a world with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>At Harding High School&#8217;s graduation ceremony at Roy Wilkins Auditorium Monday night, we asked seniors about their plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Kou Thao says he originally wanted to pursue a career in computer science, but after researching artificial intelligence (AI), he switched to civil engineering.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <span class=\"article__story-continues-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <\/span><br \/>\n                                            <span class=\"article__story-continues-text\"><br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.<br \/>\n                                            <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thing I came up with was civil engineering because it was like the most AI-non-replaceable because it&#8217;s hands-on,\u201d Thao said.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t the only senior that changed their plans because of AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sahra Mohamed says her first plan was to major in data analytics. 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