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Most Gen Zers are terrified of AI taking their jobs. Their bosses consider themselves immune


Young adults experience high AI anxiety. The same can’t be said for their company leaders.

A staggering 62% of them believe that AI could replace their jobs within the next decade, according to recent surveys of 1,180 employed adults in the U.S. and 393 executives in the U.K. conducted by General Assembly, a technology education provider. From May last year to this February, more than 4,600 job cuts were made in the U.S. in the name of AI, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, though the outplacement firm’s senior vice president tells Bloomberg that that’s “certainly undercounting.” Explaining that Gen Zers bring “a unique perspective to the workplace that shouldn’t be discounted,” Colangelo added that employers are complaining about this generation’s lack of soft skills surrounding communication and time management.

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