About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on entry-level jobs and explores future policies and technological inventions.

“Entry-level hiring has collapsed — because Agentic AI is now doing the work that used to train junior developers, researchers, and analysts,” says TED Tech host Sherrell Dorsey. In this episode, Sherrell shares two talks on the future of AI. First, Alvin W. Graylin is in conversation with TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi at TED Next 2025 on the policies that can help people whose jobs are threatened by AI. Then dive into a TED-Ed lesson on technological inventions throughout the centuries and AI impact on humanity’s future. Talks featured 3 possible futures for AI — which will we choose? | Alvin W. Graylin and Manoush Zomorodi Is AI the most important technology of the century? | TED-Ed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Sherrell Dorsey

Guests: Alvin W. Graylin, Manoush Zomorodi

Topics covered

• AI impact
• future of work
• technological inventions
• job displacement
• policies for AI

Keywords

• AI
• job displacement
• future of work
• technological inventions
• policies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TED Tech, TED Radio Hour, TED Next 2025, TED-Ed

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