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"Stop sugar-coating it": Anthropic CEO says AI will slash 50% of entry-level white collar jobs — leaving Gen Z out of work (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The dates are fuzzy, because generations are more cultural than clinical.

If person born in 1984 grew up thinking "I could get a good job but what's the point" and worried about nuclear war constantly, they might ID as genX.

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

Huh, yeah that's interesting I hadn't thought of it that way.

[–] MashedHobbits@lemy.lol 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Millennials: “I could work forever and die with nothing, the environments going to kill us all painfully, but fuck it memes”

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Yes, genX is kind of characterized by 'boomer class betrayal' apathy, growing up in the reggae/punk/goth and oldskool hiphop music era, and Pong to Quake gaming.