Overview
- More than 90% of social-science students use tools like ChatGPT for university work, a Hochschule Darmstadt study reports.
- Yale’s Budget Labs finds no economy-wide job losses from generative AI so far, though it notes early shifts affecting new entrants.
- A Stanford analysis cited in the coverage observed fewer openings for young workers in AI-exposed fields such as software development.
- Generational researcher Rüdiger Maas warns that habitual reliance on AI shortcuts could erode deep reading and critical reflection, particularly in humanities and social sciences.
- WEF polling shows 34% of surveyed German firms expect AI to both eliminate roles and create new ones, reinforcing calls to monitor entry-level hiring and expand practical training pathways.