Economic Forum: What young people need to combat their fear of AI

In many countries, young people are taking to the streets. The motifs each have specific reasons, but either way they are about burdened or badly clouded prospects for one's own future. On the one hand, this is due to the unwillingness or inability of those in government to fully and effectively commit to the principle of intergenerational justice.

This affects investments in education, which are currently coming under pressure again; This concerns the upgrading of the infrastructure, which is being thrown under the wheels in the budget policy muddle; This concerns the national debt, which is getting out of hand for reasons of defense policy; This concerns social security, which focuses more on the assets of older people than on the rights of younger people.

In addition, the structural change in the national economy creates more worries than confidence. This applies to the lack of consistency and robustness of climate policy in this country and its lack of coordination worldwide. This applies to the rapid technological progress of agentic and collaborative artificial intelligence, which threatens jobs with traditionally high qualification requirements and thus calls into question the returns of previously well-founded investments in education. The growing insecurity among the younger generation meets with the helplessness or narrow-mindedness or both of the established ones.