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New hires who are considered AI-native are being found to have shallow ideas due to their reliance on AI for critical thinking.

AIEducationWorkforceJul 5, 2026score 1.153 posts · 6 replies across 1 instances
The thread discusses concerns about new AI-native hires having shallow ideas due to offloading critical thinking, leading some firms to avoid hiring AI-literate STEM graduates and instead prefer humanities students. This reflects broader worries about the quality of AI education and its impact on workforce readiness.

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New hires who are considered AI-native are being found to have shallow ideas due to their reliance on AI for critical thinking.
Parent: AIEntity: AI-native hiresImpact: negativeDate: Jul 5, 2026 - Jul 6, 2026Target: The quality of critical thinking among AI-native hires
Some firms are actively avoiding hiring AI-literate STEM graduates due to concerns about their critical thinking abilities.
Parent: EducationEntity: STEM graduatesImpact: negativeDate: Jul 5, 2026 - Jul 6, 2026Target: The suitability of AI-literate STEM graduates for employment
Employers are shifting their hiring preferences towards humanities students over AI-literate STEM graduates due to perceived deficiencies in critical thinking.
Parent: WorkforceEntity: Employment practicesImpact: negativeDate: Jul 5, 2026 - Jul 6, 2026Target: The effectiveness of hiring practices in selecting qualified candidates

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“Impossible to predict this”, says the CxO class that keeps ignoring all predictions of this exact outcome > As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead. https://futurism.com/future-society/college-critical-thinking-ai #AI
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“As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.“ https://futurism.com/future-society/college-critical-thinking-ai #AI #DegenerativeAI #AISlop #UniversityStudents
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New hires who are seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas because they have offloaded their critical thinking. Some firms actively AVOID hiring AI-literate STEM graduates and opt for humanities students instead. #AI #STEM #Humanaties https://futurism.com/future-society/college-critical-thinking-ai
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