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Gen Z gets heat for booing AI, but their lives have been disrupted by tech more than any generation since WW2

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Gen Zers can be entitled, coddled, anxious self-professed victims. But, for as much as I’ve criticized my generation in columns through the years, I must admit: sometimes they have a point.

Those born between 1997 and 2012 have experienced one historically seismic disruption after another in their short lives, all at delicate times in their development.

The typical Gen Zer was handed an iPad or iPhone as a tween and had their childhood sucked up by a screen.

Their middle or high school experience was upended by a global pandemic. And now, as they graduate college and head out into the real world, they’re confronted by what might be the biggest challenge of them all: Artificial Intelligence threatening their livelihoods.

No wonder they’re anxious.

“I don’t mean to be super woe is me, but I definitely think people in my generation have gone through some very difficult life events,” Kiran Submaranian, a 22-year-old recent Rutgers grad, said. “And right now, the vibe is generally not very pro-AI, especially for people who are looking for entry level jobs.”

The very entry-level jobs that help young people get their foot in the door professionally are proving the most susceptible to AI’s impact. Zoomers rightfully feel that the ladder is being pulled up on them.

Across the country, students have been booing speakers at graduation events who speak optimistically about AI, like former Google CEO Eric Schmidt who was jeered by University of Arizona students.

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