The Atlantic: AI Has Ruined the Job Market — Structural Hiring Changes Are Already Locked In

The Atlantic publishes a June 3 argument that AI has structurally ruined the job market — framed not as a future threat but as an accomplished fact, particularly for entry-level and recent graduate positions where AI-driven screening and task automation have fundamentally changed who gets hired. The piece appears to contend that these structural changes are already locked in and will persist even if the broader AI hype cycle cools. The article was trending on r/technology within hours of publication, reflecting broad resonance with workers documenting changed hiring conditions firsthand.