Too hot, too cold or just right? It was the key question in the fable of Goldilocks. She interloped in the home of three bears and, based on the version, either escaped through a window, vowing not to do so much breaking and entering going forward, or was subject to some sort of gruesome punishment typical of a 19th-century folk tale.
For Gen Z, the stakes could not be higher. As the first generation to enter a workforce transformed by AI, they face a future where entry-level jobs may be scarce, but new opportunities could emerge for those with the right skills.
Nvidia declined to comment. Anthropic referred Fortune to a comment from Anthropic co-founder and head of policy Jack Clark: “Starting a conversation about the impact of AI on entry-level jobs is a matter of pragmatism. As producers of this technology, we have an obligation to be transparent and clear-eyed about AI’s potential societal and economic impacts.”
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