🎙️ EP 89: Is AI Quietly Killing Entry-Level Jobs… While Making Us Smarter?
AI might be raising the world's average IQ but also quietly shutting the door on junior roles. Today’s episode unpacks one of the most surprising labor shifts happening right now, and why it’s not getting enough attention.
We’ll talk about:
- How AI is helping people dodge scams, bad content, and even overpriced Airbnb fees
- A Harvard and Stanford-backed finding: junior hiring is down 22% after AI adoption
- Why Alpha School’s AI tutor is making kids skip summer break (on purpose)
- What the “unshittification” theory means for the future of search, learning, and online trust
Keywords: AI jobs, enshittification, Alpha School, GPT, Mistral, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, AI tutors, junior hiring, entry-level crisis
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