The more young people use AI, the more they hate it

Gen Z's sentiment toward AI has sharply deteriorated despite high adoption rates, with only 18% expressing hopefulness (down from 27%) and nearly 50% believing risks outweigh benefits—driven by legitimate concerns about job displacement, social impact, and learning degradation rather than laziness. This widening gap between forced AI adoption and genuine skepticism signals a critical talent and culture challenge for IT organizations, as young professionals are actively avoiding AI-centric careers and leaving tech companies due to ethical concerns and environmental impact worries. Technology leaders must acknowledge these legitimate concerns and move beyond Silicon Valley's adoption-at-all-costs narrative to retain top talent and maintain organizational credibility with the workforce of the future.

Janus RoseThe VergeApril 30, 20262 min read

It's been almost three years since Silicon Valley started aggressively pushing large language model-based chatbots like ChatGPT as the supposedly inevitable future of everything, and there's no group that has felt the pressure quite like Gen Z. Like with many tech trends before it, it's no surprise that young people are among the biggest adopters of AI chatbot tools. But contrary to the tales spun by tech companies like OpenAI and Google, polling data shows that Gen Z students and workers are a big part of the wider cultural backlash against AI. And even as they utilize these tools, vast swaths of young people are deeply acrimonious and eve … Read the full story at The Verge.