[STUDY] Gen Zs Fear AI More Than Baby Boomers, But Why? Here's What Recruiters Explain

A new study revealed that Gen Zs are more afraid of AI compared to baby boomers. This is quite surprising since many people expect younger individuals to be more excited when it comes to new technologies.

But, artificial intelligence is different since it is top tech that people will think of when they are asked what innovation could negatively affect their jobs.

Hannah Calhoon, Indeed's AI innovation leader, explained why Gen Zs fear artificial intelligence more than baby boomers.

[STUDY] Gen Zs Fear AI More Than Baby Boomers, But Why?

According to Yahoo Finance's latest report, Calhoon and her team conducted a survey involving 3,500 leaders and 3,743 job applicants in the United States, Canada, India, France, Japan, the U.K., and Germany.

In their study, they discovered that more than 30% of 18 to 24-year-old respondents are afraid of AI. This is twice as many compared to those who are 45 years old and above; only 15% of them are afraid of AI.

"My hypothesis is that older workers have seen this story before. They lived through the rise of the PC, they lived through the rise of the internet," explained Calhoon.

Experts said that this is not surprising today since Gen Zs, especially those who are trying to establish a career for the first time, will be afraid of AI when hearing news about the possibility of this tech replacing human workers.

Aside from Indeed's survey, other studies also had the same results. One of these is the research conducted by the writing website EduBirdie, which found that three in five Gen Zs are concerned that their jobs will be taken over by artificial intelligence.

Should You Really Fear AI?

Recently, BBC reported that the Bank of England governor said that AI will not be a "mass destroyer of jobs." Andrew Bailey explained that instead of fearing AI, workers need to learn how to work with these new technologies.

"And I think, you get a better result by people with machines than with machines on their own. So I'm an optimist," explained Bailey.

What he said is quite true since businesses and organizations can't completely operate with only AI; humans are still needed if they want their businesses to remain profitable.

Experts said that what's happening right now is similar to the period when computers were just arriving. They explained that computers also created concerns in the 1980s.

But, if you look at it today, computers didn't replace people. Instead, they made human employees more productive and skillful.

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AI, Artificial intelligence