Astronomy and Astrophysics

Major Countdown

until AI starts cutting hiring for this major’s grads
Oct 2, 2030 · 1446 days left

AI will first shrink the data analysis and data-processing jobs that bachelor's graduates use as a side door, and it is taking over observation and analysis too, with no licence to slow it. Public research employers hire on budget cycles, so freezes there are not AI.

The countdown is the time left until AI is expected to start cutting hiring for this major’s grads. It doesn’t mean the major will disappear or that everyone will lose their job.