Heather Long: Another shock is coming for jobs in US – and here’s why experts believe brightest graduates could be hit hardest

When a recent Harvard University graduate expressed concern to me last summer about getting a job – any job – I brushed him off. Hiring had slowed, but it was hard to imagine an Ivy League alum would struggle. Lately, I’ve been thinking back on that conversation and how fearful many young Americans are about today’s economy, as I increasingly use artificial intelligence tools.

Already, Deep Research from ChatGPT is capable of doing a lot of entry-level work that past generations of interns, analysts and computer programmers did. And this is only the beginning..