The lack of jobs, especially entry level, due to AI. According to an August 2026 article in The New York Times, the unemployment rate for college graduates in the U.S. is 5.8% and concentrated in finance and computer science, more than double the traditional rate between 2% to 3%.
Virtual Workers
AI companies have made progress automating entry-level jobs, and "virtual workers" can replace junior-level employees, which is the work that would interest college grads. In that same article, a tech executive said that hiring a single data scientist proficient in AI can do the work of 75 people, an astonishing claim. See
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