Te-Ping Chen

Yeah, it's really interesting.

It's also a dynamic that is at play because you have students who have been told for years that AI is taboo and something that they should stay really clear from, and it's cheating.

And you definitely hear that sentiment.

And at the same time, you talk to people who are just starting their work lives and starting to apply for jobs who feel like, okay, but now I'm also supposed to be an expert in this thing.

And it's great.

And so there's dissonance there.

There's also, too, a feeling of, in some cases, that this is not a technology I want to work with, that I actually really

vehemently oppose its existence and think that if I'm using it, I'm just going to be training it to make it better.

And really, this is not something I want to be a part of.

There was one woman I spoke to who she's in games and animation.

This is a career goal of hers that she's had for a really long time and feels like

She in no way wants to use this technology, sees it as a cop-out, and at the same time knows this is a technology that's already causing disruption in her industry and realistically is probably going to hurt her job prospects.

And that's why she's adding on a minor in marketing, thinking that that will help broaden some of her opportunities.

But it's really tough.

She feels like she doesn't really have many choices in a difficult situation.

What we've seen from a lot of employers in recent years is this feeling of, look, we can't find the talent we need out on the market. So we kind of have to grow our own.

What we've seen from a lot of employers in recent years is this feeling of, look, we can't find the talent we need out on the market. So we kind of have to grow our own.

It is substantial. It's going to vary, of course, depending on where in the economy you're looking. But certainly you talk to any number of employers ranging from auto dealerships to manufacturers, and they're really struggling to hire folk and to find qualified folk. It's, of course, become even more of an issue as we have seen so many more baby boomers retiring.

It is substantial. It's going to vary, of course, depending on where in the economy you're looking. But certainly you talk to any number of employers ranging from auto dealerships to manufacturers, and they're really struggling to hire folk and to find qualified folk. It's, of course, become even more of an issue as we have seen so many more baby boomers retiring.

And we see the average age in a lot of these industries really having crept up a lot. And some serious questions over how many young workers are going in to replace them. And in some cases, it might look like, say, in a manufacturing sense, not being able to run a line because somebody's out sick. Or maybe someone's on vacation for a week and you stop production for a week.