Urban and Regional Planning

Major Countdown

until AI starts cutting hiring for this major’s grads
Oct 2, 2031 · 1811 days left

AI is taking over staff reports, zoning analysis and GIS mapping, the bulk of junior planning work, so consultancies trim entry hiring first. Municipal departments, the main employers, keep hearings human, adopt slowly and face pressure to approve housing, so they thin later.

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.