, Columnist
College Grads Are Lab Rats in the Great AI Experiment
Those who can get a job are finding AI has taken their grunt work.
Companies are eliminating the grunt work that used to train young professionals — and they don’t seem to have a clear plan for what comes next.
AI is analyzing documents, writing briefing notes, creating Power Point presentations or handling customer service queries, and — surprise! — now the younger humans who normally do that work are struggling to find jobs. Recently, the chief executive officer of AI firm Anthropic predicted AI would wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs. The reason is simple. Companies are often advised to treat ChatGPT “like an intern,” and some are doing so at the expense of human interns.