The city state wants 100,000 workers to become ‘AI bilingual’. But with entry-level roles already vanishing, time may not be on its side
It was an awkward conversation, equal parts interrogation and familial concern. But Tan knew the anxiety behind the questions was real.
Not so long ago, he and his classmates had been so sought-after by employers that many juggled two internships at once. Now, the question that hangs over every conversation in the industry is simple: what happens when the code writes itself?
But in future, Tan predicts that the headcount at his company will go down as AI gets better at the tasks more junior employees used to do. “Like any tool, it’s inevitable,” he told This Week in Asia.
That sense of inevitability is becoming harder to ignore.
