Young people are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the AI revolution, and there’s no sign of it slowing. A Stanford University study released earlier this month found AI is having a “significant and disproportionate impact” on entry-level workers in the U.S., raising fresh concerns about how the next generation will find its footing in the labor market.
But for those worried about what the future of work will look like, young professionals may need to look bigger—and even toward the sky. That’s because the same technology that may be disrupting traditional jobs could accelerate entirely new industries from space tourism to planet colonization.
It’s a future that many billionaires, including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos are not just embracing but also enabling through their innovation: The most secure—and lucrative—jobs of tomorrow may not be on Earth at all.
Sam Altman: The class of 2035 will be exploring the solar system
Sam Altman is known for being CEO of OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT), but he’s also joining the growing list of billionaires who are bullish about life in space. In fact, he said he believes young people a decade from now may be leaving behind career prospects on Earth in favor of the broader solar system.
