AI Efficiency Could Cost Us the Next Generation of Experts
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According to a Harvard University report, after the adoption of generative AI, primary employment in American companies decreased by approximately 9% within six months, while senior positions continued to grow. Analysis by Stanford University confirmed that in occupations with high AI exposure, young workers were more likely to leave, while experienced employees remained more frequently. Although the New York Federal Reserve attributed youth unemployment to remote work weakening mentoring systems, there is consensus that both AI replacing basic jobs and disrupting mentorship processes undermine the mechanism by which experience is passed from senior to junior employees. Experts emphasize that engineering skills cannot be “downloaded” and must be accumulated through processes such as failure and debugging. AI is depriving new employees of these crucial experiences, resulting in a lack of intuitive intuition for judging when models are wrong in the future.
AI is leading to a decrease in positions for junior engineers, which may weaken the development of future experts. A research report by Harvard University, covering over 280,000 American companies and approximately 65 million workers, shows that after the adoption of generative AI, junior employment decreased by about 9% within six months, while senior positions continued to grow. Analyses at Stanford University also confirm that in occupations with high exposure to AI, young workers leave, while experienced employees remain. Although the New York Federal Reserve attributes youth unemployment to remote work, which weakens mentoring, the consensus is that both AI replacing basic jobs and cutting off the mentor-apprentice relationship undermine the mechanism by which experience is passed from senior to junior. Experts emphasize that engineering skills cannot be ‘downloaded’ and must be accumulated through processes such as failure and debugging. AI is depriving newcomers of these crucial experiences, resulting in future practitioners lacking the intuitive ability to judge when a model is wrong.