AI’s biggest threat is to those trying to get their careers started

We need to be honest about AI. It is not a distant threat or a future disruption. It is already reshaping the way work is organised, who gets hired, and what skills are valued.

But much of the national conversation is focused in the wrong place.

The assumption is that AI will mainly threaten established workers. That people in mid or later career will be hardest hit as automation reshapes roles around them. There is some truth in that. But it misses a far more profound risk.