The first class of AI Natives is graduating. Offices are getting ready.
- May 29
- 1 min read

WALL STREET JOURNAL — Here comes the Class of AI, the most AI-native group of graduates to enter the workforce—a cohort employers are already trying to figure out what to do with. They started college just a few months before ChatGPT splashed into the world. They’re leaving as AI rapidly shakes up the entry-level jobs that were once thought of as solid career launchpads.
More than their predecessors, they have an innate versatility with the fast-evolving technology and little deference for the notion they have to pay their dues with repetitive grunt work. In a recent Gallup-Lumina Foundation survey of nearly 6,000 Americans, 22% of 18- to 24-year-olds with two- or four-year degrees said they felt “very prepared” to compete in an AI-shaped job market, more than for any other age group.
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