As this year’s graduates prepare to enter the workforce, many are either anxious or flat out terrified about the impact of artificial intelligence — particularly large language models such as ChatGPT — on their careers.
According to a poll by the BestColleges website, six in ten US college students worry that the use of AI in their studies is diminishing the value of earning a degree. Even worse, more than half expect that growing use of AI in the workplace will further devalue the worth of their studies to potential employers.
Fears are particularly rampant that women, who are under-represented in computing and science degrees, will get shut out of the job market. Right now, corporate technology departments are mostly male. Does that mean the gender balance will tilt in other jobs, as AI spreads into marketing and core business functions?