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MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce
CEOs who cut entry-level jobs risk long-term fallout, warns MIT’s Andrew McAfee—as IBM and Salesforce double down on Gen Z talent.
Summary
Companies betting against entry-level Gen Z talent by automating their roles may be making a costly long-term mistake. That’s the warning from MIT research scientist Andrew McAfee , who co-leads the school’s Initiative on the Digital Economy. Cutting off talent at its source, he argued, doesn’t just shrink today’s workforce—it disrupts the pipeline that produces tomorrow’s leaders .
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