Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI

Thanks to AI, computer science majors are finding themselves in a tougher spot than they might have expected. Jobs are harder to come by, and more graduates are ending up in lower-paying sectors like retail and food service. That’s according to a new working paper by three US Census Bureau economists examining how college graduates from majors with the highest exposure to AI have fared since ChatGPT came onto the scene in late 2022 and helped kick off the generative AI boom. The results do