Alex Wilhelm

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This Week in Startups · Why does Gen Z hate AI? · 18 May 2026 podcast

Makes sense? matched

But what about the jobs that will be created by them directly? matched

Well, the answer is in the uh low automation case here. matched

They total about 65,000 by 2030. matched

Technology companies have already cut 100,000 jobs this year. matched

So all the data center jobs by 2030 are less than the layoffs we've seen in the first quarter and a half. matched

Yeah. matched

Of course. matched

And that I think just underscores why people are worried. matched

And maybe, maybe rightly so. matched

I don't think we can afford to not invest in the future. matched

I'm still a free market capitalist guy, but I empathize with these poor students. matched

I remember being an afraid college graduate worrying about getting an apartment and buying forks. matched

No, no, no. matched

Totally fine. matched

There was a viral essay from the New York Times that came out uh over the weekend. matched

It was called What AI Did to My College Class, written by a Stanford University senior called Theo Baker. matched

Jason, I'm just gonna read you a couple of quotes from this and I think it explains why college students who are the most AI forward, I think, generation, correctly, as you said, are maybe a little bit skeptical. matched

So quoting from Theo here. matched

AI is everything. matched

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