David Pogue Explores AI’s Impact on Job Hunting for New Graduates
04 Sep 2025
In a recent episode of CBS Sunday Morning, Emmy-winning correspondent and APB exclusive speaker David Pogue dives into how artificial intelligence is reshaping the job search landscape—especially for recent college graduates.
According to Laura Ullrich, Director of Economic Research at Indeed, job postings have declined 6.7% year-over-year, with recent grads facing particular challenges. However, Ullrich cautions against oversimplifying the situation: while the rise of AI may play a role, the decline in tech job postings—down 36% from pre-pandemic levels—had already begun before AI's widespread adoption. Contributing factors include pandemic over-hiring, shifting economic policies, and geopolitical uncertainty.
David Autor, a labor economist at MIT, offers nuance amid these headlines. He sees both significant promise and real risks in AI’s evolution, but believes dramatic joblessness isn’t imminent. That said, he warns that if AI handles too much of the entry-level “supporting work,” novices may struggle to acquire essential judgment and expertise.
Conversely, jobs requiring empathy, physical skill, creativity, or real-world judgment are far less at risk. These include healthcare, education, social assistance, mental health, emergency services (like police and firefighting), engineering, construction, renewable energy, tourism, and skilled trades.
About David: The go-to expert on disruptive tech and science in a fast-changing world, David Pogue is a New York Times bestselling author, beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, NOVA host on PBS, and New York Times contributor. Whether he’s covering AI, autonomous vehicles, the future of technology in healthcare, a post-robot world, or climate change, David is a master communicator who brings even the most non-technical audiences up to speed. His highly entertaining keynotes prove that science and technology blend brilliantly with storytelling, humor, and, frequently, music and song. David provides invaluable insights on how technology impacts our work, businesses, health, society and connections with each other—now and into the future.