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Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates
(www.newsweek.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2025
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If you had spent the 20 seconds it took to write this comment to actually start reading the article you'd find out the true reason and that AI is not even mentioned.
Do you know why those two companies which the article called out very early on went through those layoffs?
...Pivoting to AI
So AI isn't automation ?
No, AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, and this isn’t about automation either. The demand for computer scientists just spiked during the pandemic when everyone was stuck at home on their computers - not so much once it ended.