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0 pointsvitally36431mo ago0 comments

You and I know this. The people making hiring decisions do not. Managers and CEOs are too enamored by the thought of reduced labor costs to see reason.

Facts don't matter, only what the person making the hiring decision believes to be true, or has been fed.

College grads are angry because their job prospects are bad due to AI hysteria. It has nothing to do with how good AI is, the hysteria is what is causing problems.

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thunky1mo ago

> College grads are angry because their job prospects are bad due to AI hysteria. It has nothing to do with how good AI is

I doubt it. If there was nothing behind the hysteria then there would be nothing to be afraid of.

If I was entry level I would be genuinely worried, because hysteria or not, I now have to compete with AI and prove I'm worth hiring. Not an easy thing to do.

So I don't think the anger is about not being able to find a job in the field today, it's about not being able to find one ever.

d4rkp4ttern1mo ago

I agree with this (and the earlier comment about perceived expertise vs actual expertise), and I think it goes beyond hiring managers.

The core demoralizing fact is that when people perceive that AI can give results at least as good as human experts, they choose AI, because it is faster and/or cheaper.

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