Original title: WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
Leah Feiger: I think the thing that really got me about this study and from Will’s excellent write-up is that the main thing that you do in these entry-level jobs is figure out how to be a real human and how to live in an adult world and how to respond to emails and show up places on time. I think we have to actually be a little bit more forward-thinking. We have to think about what does that then mean for people who would have become managers, would have become leaders in these different industries where these entry-level jobs are getting cut. We’re losing a big pipeline, and that’s what freaks me out the most. Do I care that menial tasks are being done by AI? Not hugely, but there’s these intangibles of becoming a human straight out of undergrad that we’re just going to miss now. Zoe Schiffer: I completely agree with you. These jobs are really about training you how to be a professional, and when you don’t get that training, these companies still want more experienced workers and the