{"id":95917,"date":"2025-06-25T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95917"},"modified":"2025-06-25T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:44:48","slug":"the-resume-is-dying-and-ai-is-holding-the-smoking-gun-edwards-other-items-re-ai-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/06\/25\/the-resume-is-dying-and-ai-is-holding-the-smoking-gun-edwards-other-items-re-ai-in-general\/","title":{"rendered":"“The r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun” [Edwards] + other items re: AI in general"},"content":{"rendered":"

The r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun<\/strong><\/a> — from arstechnica.com by Benj Edwards
\nAs thousands of applications flood job posts, ‘hiring slop’ is kicking off an AI arms race.<\/em><\/p>\n

Employers are drowning in AI-generated job applications, with LinkedIn now processing 11,000 submissions per minute\u2014a 45 percent surge from last year, according to new data\u00a0reported\u00a0by The New York Times.<\/p>\n

Due to AI, the traditional hiring process has become overwhelmed with automated noise. It’s the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 equivalent of AI slop\u2014call it “hiring slop,” perhaps\u2014that currently haunts\u00a0social media\u00a0and\u00a0the web\u00a0with sensational pictures and misleading information. The flood of\u00a0ChatGPT-crafted r\u00e9sum\u00e9s and bot-submitted applications has created an arms race between job seekers and employers, with both sides deploying increasingly sophisticated AI tools in a bot-versus-bot standoff that is quickly spiraling out of control.<\/p>\n

The Times illustrates the scale of the problem with the story of an HR consultant named Katie Tanner, who was so inundated with over 1,200 applications for a single remote role that she had to remove the post entirely and was still sorting through the applications three months later.<\/p>\n

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Job seekers are leaning into AI \u2014 and other happenings in the world of work<\/strong><\/a> — from LinkedIn News<\/p>\n

Job growth is slowing \u2014 and for many professionals, that means longer job hunts and more competition. As a result, more job seekers are turning to AI to streamline their search and stand out.<\/p>\n

From optimizing resumes to preparing for interviews, AI tools are becoming a key part of today’s job hunt. Recruiters say it’s getting harder to sift through application materials and identify what is AI-generated and decipher which applicants are actually qualified \u2014 but they also say they prefer candidates with AI skills.<\/p>\n

The result? Job seekers are growing their familiarity with AI faster than their non-job-seeking counterparts and it’s shifting how they view the workplace. According to LinkedIn’s latest Workforce Confidence survey, over half of active job seekers (52%) believe AI will eventually take on some of the mundane, manual tasks that they’re currently focused on, compared to 46% of others not actively job seeking.<\/p>\n

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OpenAI warns models with higher bioweapons risk are imminent<\/strong> <\/a>— from axios.com by Ina Fried<\/p>\n

OpenAI\u00a0cautioned Wednesday that upcoming models will head into a higher level of risk when it comes to the creation of biological weapons \u2014 especially by those who don’t really understand what they’re doing.<\/p>\n

Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>The company, and society at large, need to be prepared for a future where amateurs can more readily graduate from simple garage weapons to sophisticated agents.<\/p>\n

Driving the news:<\/strong>\u00a0OpenAI executives told Axios the company expects forthcoming models will reach a high level of risk under the company’s\u00a0preparedness framework.<\/p>\n