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AI Is Quietly Killing Entry-Level Jobs (And No One Wants To Admit It)

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Are we watching the ladder get pulled up? A new Harvard-linked analysis shows companies that adopt generative AI hire 7.7% fewer junior roles — a subtle shift with massive consequences for cybersecurity, tech, and the middle class. Frank Downs and Dr. Dustin Brewer break down what’s really happening: the automation sugar high, the hollowing of mid-tier careers, why experience over degree over certifications is driving gatekeeping, and how this ends if we don’t course-correct.

Learn more about the study here: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/10/13/can-ai-replace-junior-workers?giftId=c059cef1-fdf2-4e22-80f7-e8fc16f025bf&utm_campaign=gifted_article

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Chapter Breaks

00:00 – Cold Open: AI is quietly killing entry jobs

00:27 – The stat nobody’s talking about 7.7 percent junior hiring drop

02:05 – Correlation vs causation pandemic and RTO chaos

03:35 – Gatekeeping madness 8 years of Swift and entry roles needing 5 years

04:50 – What employers actually value experience over degree over certs

06:20 – Why juniors are disappearing AI excels at lower-level tasks

07:40 – The seduction shareholders execs and the AI won’t leave you trap

09:00 – Societal fallout angry grads hollowed middle class

12:30 – Who replaces us if we skip training

14:10 – The wall where AI plateaus and humans must return

15:30 – Safe vs squeezed trades and specialists vs shrinking middle

16:50 – Adaptation 2.0 lessons from past automation waves

19:40 – Tech is not automatic good phones social media and productivity

23:30 – Cyber never sleeps always-on culture and cognitive offloading

25:45 – AI friends the Zuckerberg take and why it is dangerous

29:20 – Phone yes social no ethics engagement and shareholders

31:10 – Sign-off Black Mirror the void and what we do next

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