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MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce

Andrew McAfee (Credit: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images)

Companies betting against entry-level Gen Z talent by automating their roles may be making a costly long-term mistake.

That’s the warning from MIT research scientist Andrew McAfee, who co-leads the school’s Initiative on the Digital Economy. Cutting off talent at its source, he argued, doesn’t just shrink today’s workforce—it disrupts the pipeline that produces tomorrow’s leaders.

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