Comment by Angie Kamath

The social impact of removing the entry level is like removing the staircase connecting the ground and second floors of a building, while expecting the rest of the floors to remain populated and relevant. When the path and number of good jobs narrow, the impact will fall unevenly on first-generation professionals, career changers, and workers without elite networks. Companies that move too fast will widen the gap between people already prepared for an AI workplace and everyone else, creating a more polarized, less mobile, and ultimately less resilient labour force.