The First AI Labor Crisis Will Hit Junior Roles, Not Senior Workers
VraserX · x · 2026-08-12
The author proposes a perspective on AI's impact on the job market, arguing that the first major AI labor crisis will strike young people (junior workers) rather than older employees.
The rationale is that when a senior employee equipped with AI can produce the output of an entire team, companies may no longer be willing to hire ten juniors to learn the ropes.
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