The year 2026 is an extraordinarily difficult time for any parent with a child thinking about college and career choices. Artificial intelligence is changing our world with terrifying speed, and, in the process … well, terrifying most Americans. Recent polls show that 70 percent of Americans think AI is advancing too fast; only 17 percent of adults expect its impact to be positive over the next 20 years. As for young adults in the workforce, 50 percent think AI’s costs outweigh its benefits—and unsurprisingly, several commencement speakers trying to get the class of 2026 excited about the technology were booed. Faculty members share the pessimism: 63 percent believe that those graduates are not well prepared for an AI-shaped workforce.
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