Source: Absolutely Agentic youtube
Description:
When Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates to "find a way to say yes" to AI, they booed him off the stage.
He was not the only speaker that season to face a hostile crowd of young people who believe the technology is coming for their futures.
This video examines the genuinely brutal graduate job market of 2026, where youth unemployment is climbing and entry-level openings are vanishing across the white-collar fields AI touches most.
But the deeper story is messier than the panic suggests, because companies are cutting junior roles in anticipation of AI rather than because it has actually replaced anyone yet.
We unpack how a weak economy, higher business taxes, geopolitical chaos and rising youth inactivity have all been quietly loaded onto AI's account, and why the booing is aimed at a target that is only partly responsible.
Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
02:10 - The Present Landscape
07:20 - The Anticipation Problem
11:45 - What Else Is To Blame
15:43 - The Broken Bottom Rung
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