Lenny Survey: Researchers Most Pessimistic About AI Career Prospects
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-07
A Lenny survey of tech workers reveals that researchers hold the most negative attitude toward AI and their long-term career prospects among all surveyed groups. This result implies that the group most deeply familiar with the technology is ironically the most pessimistic about its impact on their own careers—a noteworthy counterintuitive signal.
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