{"id":95312,"date":"2025-05-05T13:32:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95312"},"modified":"2025-05-05T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:00:27","slug":"something-alarming-is-happening-to-the-job-market-thompson-other-items-re-ai-in-our-learning-ecosystems-and-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/05\/05\/something-alarming-is-happening-to-the-job-market-thompson-other-items-re-ai-in-our-learning-ecosystems-and-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Something alarming is happening to the job market [Thompson] + other items re: AI in our learning ecosystems and in the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DC: THIS could unfortunately be the ROI companies will get from large investments in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AI<\/a> \u2014 reduced headcount\/employees\/contract workers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zEWlqCSWzI\">https:\/\/t.co\/zEWlqCSWzI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel S. Christian (@dchristian5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dchristian5\/status\/1918089764772929926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>..which links to:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/657594\/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from theverge.com by Jay Peters<br \/>\nThe company is going to be \u2018AI-first,\u2019 says its CEO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Duolingo will \u201cgradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle,\u201d according to an all-hands email sent by cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be \u201cAI-first.\u201d The email was posted on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7322560534824865792\/\">Duolingo\u2019s LinkedIn account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">According to von Ahn, being \u201cAI-first\u201d means the company will \u201cneed to rethink much of how we work\u201d and that \u201cmaking minor tweaks to systems designed for humans won\u2019t get us there.\u201d As part of the shift, the company will roll out \u201ca few constructive constraints,\u201d including the changes to how it works with contractors, looking for AI use in hiring and in performance reviews, and that \u201cheadcount will only be given if a team cannot automate more of their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7323426629018411008\" width=\"504\" height=\"901\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Relevant links:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sign-ai-competing-college-grads-100000034.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Free article here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/economy\/archive\/2025\/04\/job-market-youth\/682641\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Article at <em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Something strange, and potentially alarming, is happening to the job market for young, educated workers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">According to the New York Federal Reserve, labor conditions for recent college graduates have\u00a0<a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/research\/college-labor-market#--:overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cdeteriorated noticeably\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"8\" data-v9y=\"1\">\u201cdeteriorated noticeably\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in the past few months, and the unemployment rate now stands at an unusually high 5.8 percent. Even newly minted M.B.A.s from elite programs are\u00a0<a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/careers\/harvard-mba-employment-rate-job-hunt-difficulty-addfc3ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:struggling to find work;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"9\" data-v9y=\"1\">struggling to find work<\/a>. Meanwhile, law-school applications are\u00a0<a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/washington-dc\/2025\/03\/24\/law-school-applications-georgetown-american-howard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:surging;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"10\" data-v9y=\"1\">surging<\/a>\u2014an ominous echo of when young people used graduate school to bunker down during the great financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What\u2019s going on? I see three plausible explanations, and each might be a little bit true.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jackkelly\/2025\/05\/04\/its-time-to-get-concerned-klarna-ups-duolingo-cisco-and-many-other-companies-are-replacing-workers-with-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>It\u2019s Time To Get Concerned As More Companies Replace Workers With AI<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from forbes.com by Jack Kelly<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The new workplace trend is not employee friendly. Artificial intelligence and automation technologies are advancing at blazing speed. A growing number of companies are using AI to streamline operations, cut costs, and boost productivity. Consequently, human workers are facing\u00a0facing layoffs, replaced by AI. Like it or not, companies need to make tough decisions, including layoffs to remain competitive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Corporations including Klarna, UPS, Duolingo, Intuit and Cisco are replacing laid-off workers with AI and automation. While these technologies enhance productivity, they raise serious concerns about future job security. For many workers, there is a big concern over whether or not their jobs will be impacted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@sami.tatar\/the-future-of-career-navigation-182ae81be8a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The future of career navigation<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from medium.com by Sami Tatar<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Career navigation market overview<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Key takeaway:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Career navigation has remained largely unchanged for decades, relying on personal networks and static job boards. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The advent of AI is changing this, offering personalised career pathways, better job matching, democratised job application support, democratised access to career advice\/coaching, and tailored skill development to help you get to where you need to be.<\/strong> <\/span>Hundreds of millions of people start new jobs every year, this transformation opens up a multi-billion dollar opportunity for innovation in the global career navigation market.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A.4 How will AI disrupt this segment?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Personalised recommendations:\u00a0AI can consume a vast amount of information (skills, education, career history, even youtube history, and x\/twitter feeds), standardise this data at scale, and then use data models to match candidate characteristics to relevant careers and jobs. In theory, solutions could then go layers deeper, helping you position yourself for those future roles. Currently based in Amsterdam, and working in Strategy at Uber and want to work in a Product role in the future? Here are X,Y,Z specific things YOU can do in your role today to align yourself perfectly. E.g. find opportunities to manage cross functional projects in your current remit, reach out to Joe Bloggs also at Uber in Amsterdam who did Strategy and moved to Product, etc.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aliciabankhofer.substack.com\/p\/tales-from-the-front-what-teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tales from the Front &#8211; What Teachers Are Telling Me at AI Workshops<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from aliciabankhofer.substack.com by Alicia Bankhofer<br \/>\n<em>Real conversations, real concerns: What teachers are saying about AI<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cDo I really have to use AI?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">No matter the school, no matter the location, when I deliver an AI workshop to a group of teachers, there are always at least a few colleagues thinking (and sometimes voicing), \u201cDo I really need to use AI?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Nearly three years after ChatGPT 3.5 landed in our lives and disrupted workflows in ways we\u2019re still unpacking, most schools are swiftly catching up. Training sessions, like the ones I lead, are springing up everywhere, with principals and administrators trying to answer the same questions:\u00a0Which tools should we use? How do we use them responsibly? How do we design learning in this new landscape?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">But here\u2019s what surprises me most: despite all the advances in AI technology, the questions and concerns from teachers remain strikingly consistent.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nIn this article, I want to pull back the curtain on those conversations. These concerns aren\u2019t signs of reluctance &#8211; they reflect sincere feelings. And they deserve thoughtful, honest answers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joshbersin.com\/podcast\/welcome-to-ai-agent-world-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-agent-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Welcome To AI Agent World! (Everything you need to know about the AI Agent market.)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from joshbersin.com by Josh Bersin<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This week, in advance of major announcements from us and other vendors, I give you a good overview of the AI Agent market, and discuss the new role of AI governance platforms, AI agent development tools, AI agent vendors, and how AI agents will actually manifest and redefine what we call an \u201capplication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I discuss ServiceNow, Microsoft, SAP, Workday,\u00a0Paradox,\u00a0Maki People, and other vendors. My goal today is to \u201cdemystify\u201d this space and explain the market, the trends, and why and how your IT department is going to be building a lot of the agents you need. And prepare for our announcements next week!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaivalley.com\/p\/deepseek-unveils-prover-v2-3b8882f56a7f010e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DeepSeek Unveils Prover V2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from theaivalley.com<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DeepSeek has quietly\u00a0<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/deepseek-ai\/DeepSeek-Prover-V2-671B?utm_source=www.theaivalley.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=deepseek-unveils-prover-v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a>\u00a0Prover V2, an open-source model built to solve math problems using Lean 4 assistant, which ensures every step of a proof is rigorously verified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i><b>What&#8217;s impressive about it?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Massive scale<\/b>: Based on DeepSeek-V3 with 671B parameters using a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture, which activates only parts of the model at a time to reduce compute costs.<\/li>\n<li><b>Theorem solving<\/b>: Uses long context windows (32K+ tokens) to generate detailed, step-by-step formal proofs for a wide range of math problems \u2014 from basic algebra to advanced calculus theorems.<\/li>\n<li><b>Research grade<\/b>: Assists mathematicians in testing new theorems automatically and helps students understand formal logic by generating both Lean 4 code and readable explanations.<\/li>\n<li><b>New benchmark<\/b>: Introduces\u00a0<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/datasets\/deepseek-ai\/DeepSeek-ProverBench?utm_source=www.theaivalley.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=deepseek-unveils-prover-v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProverBench<\/a>, a new 325-question benchmark set featuring problems from recent AIME exams and curated academic sources to evaluate mathematical reasoning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/er.educause.edu\/articles\/2025\/4\/artificial-intelligence-lessons-learned-from-a-graduate-level-final-exam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Artificial Intelligence: Lessons Learned from a Graduate-Level Final Exam<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from er.educause.edu by Craig Westling and Manish K. Mishra<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The need for deep student engagement became clear at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine when a potential academic-integrity issue revealed gaps in its initial approach to artificial intelligence use in the classroom, leading to significant revisions to ensure equitable learning and assessment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wondertools.substack.com\/p\/deepresearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Deep Research with AI: 9 Ways to Get Started<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from wondertools.substack.com by Jeremy Caplan<br \/>\n<em>Practical strategies for thorough, citation-rich AI research<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wondertools.substack.com\/p\/deepresearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81d31041-6e92-40a7-878d-c1816535b5f0_2634x1208.png\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"textbody\">From George Siemens &#8220;<em>SAIL: Transmutation, Assessment, Robots<\/em>\u00a0e-newsletter on 5\/2\/25<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"textbody\">All indications are that AI, even if it stops advancing, has the capacity to dramatically change knowledge work. Knowing things matters less than being able to navigate and make sense of complex environments. Put another way, sensemaking, meaningmaking, and wayfinding (with their yet to be defined subelements) will be the foundation for being knowledgeable going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textbody\">\u00a0That will require\u00a0<span class=\"textbody_maroon\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>being able to personalize learning to each individual learner so that\u00a0<em>who<\/em>\u00a0they are (not what our content is) forms the pedagogical entry point to learning.<\/strong><\/span><em>(DSC: And I would add WHAT THEY WANT to ACHIEVE.)<\/em><\/span>LLMs are particularly good and transmutation. Want to explain AI to a farmer? A sentence or two in a system prompt achieves that. Know that a learner has ADHD? A few small prompt changes and it\u2019s reflected in the way the LLM engages with learning. Talk like a pirate. Speak in the language of Shakespeare. Language changes. All a matter of a small meta comment send to the LLM. I\u2019m convinced that this capability to change, transmute, information will become a central part of how LLMS and AI are adopted in education.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/duolingo-just-added-149-new-courses-in-its-biggest-update-ever-thanks-to-ai\/?utm_source=SAIL&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sail-transmutation-assessment-robots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Speaking of Duolingo<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; it took them 12 years to develop 100 courses. In the last year, they developed an additional 148. AI is an accelerant with an impact in education that is hard to overstate. \u201cInstead of taking years to build a single course with humans the company now builds a base course and uses AI to quickly customize it for dozens of different languages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurehouse.org\/research-announcements\/launching-futurehouse-platform-ai-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FutureHouse Platform: Superintelligent AI Agents for Scientific Discovery<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from futurehouse.org by Michael Skarlinski, Tyler Nadolski, James Braza, Remo Storni, Mayk Caldas, Ludovico Mitchener, Michaela Hinks, Andrew White, &amp;\u00a0 Sam Rodriques<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">FutureHouse is launching our platform, bringing the first publicly available superintelligent scientific agents to scientists everywhere via a web interface and API. Try it out for free at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/platform.futurehouse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/platform.futurehouse.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjUBM_B-mbE?si=SoCDPbXfhO48dj0X\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC: THIS could unfortunately be the ROI companies will get from large investments in #AI \u2014 reduced headcount\/employees\/contract workers. https:\/\/t.co\/zEWlqCSWzI \u2014 Daniel S. Christian (@dchristian5) May 1, 2025 ..which links to: Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI\u00a0&#8212; from theverge.com by Jay Peters The company is going to be \u2018AI-first,\u2019 says its CEO. 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