{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What About AI","title":"The AIxiety Pivot: Gen Z's Escape Plan from AI","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0b87b09b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1022,"description":"Here's something nobody saw coming: the most tech-savvy generation in history is abandoning tech careers—and running toward construction, plumbing, and electrical work. 🔧\n62% of Gen Z believe AI could replace their jobs within 10 years. 70% say AI has made them question their job security. And now, 60% say they're likely to pursue blue-collar work in 2026—up from just 25% during high school.\nCareer experts are calling it the \"AIxiety Pivot.\"\nThe shocking numbers:\n→ 60% of Gen Z likely to pursue trades in 2026\n→ 37% of those WITH bachelor's degrees are pivoting to trades\n→ 65% say a college degree won't protect them from AI\n→ Elevator installers earning $100K+, plumbers in SF making $200K\nBut here's what we need to be honest about: trade jobs aren't completely safe either. Robotics is advancing fast, and we estimate trades have a 2-3 year lag behind knowledge work disruption—not permanent immunity.\n--\nTIMESTAMPS\n00:30 - Stats\n01:30 - Are trade jobs safe?\n02:30 - Capabilities of robotics\n03:25 - What is the trade job disruption timeline\n04:30 - Shortages of tradeworkers\n05:30 - How to succeed in tradework (despite AI/robotics disruptions)\n07:30 - Some work is probably best left to the robots\n08:10 - Stats about Gen Z and college degrees + tradework\n09:00 - What’s the value of a college degree today?\n10:30 - How to leverage whatever degree you have (with AI/robotics)\n12:00 - History of jobs and the economy from covid to today\n13:00 - Impact of AI to the job market\n13:30 - Looking out for what’s coming in the market (and what it means for you)\n14:45 - The shocking new counterintuitive playbook companies are leveraging\n16:20 - The opportunity trades provide for Gen Z (and others)\n--\nSo what should you actually do? We break it down.\n🔗 Website: https://whataboutai.com\n#GenZ #AIxiety #SkilledTrades #BlueCollar #FutureOfWork #CareerAdvice #AI","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P8dfDspvzsd42ODL06qXh3R_9hAZwY6k0uwt8twVfFw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZWY3/MzFjZjlkZWQxODRl/ZTVlMmQwMWYyMzdm/MzU5MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}