#ai-anxiety

#ai-anxiety

Where it stands: Amazon's latest round of layoffs - 16,000 corporate jobs axed - is the latest piece of grim news for professionals who are growing antsy about the job market. An increasing share of Americans are either reporting that they expect to lose pay or have already lost pay, per Morning Consult's data. A separate report from The Conference Board on Tuesday also showed that people's perceptions about the job market - the so-called labor market differential - are continuing to flag.

In a recent interview, the former consultant at McKinsey and Innosight, a boutique firm cofounded by Clayton Christensen and Mark Johnson in 2000 and acquired by Huron in 2017, revealed the prevailing mood among the next generation of business leaders isn't just excitement-it is fear. "One of the things that really surprises me consistently is how scared our students are of using it," Anthony said.