Jobs'Give them AI tokens, not a new hire' — AI is said to take jobs, so why are seniors suddenly prized?

Videos claiming AI is swallowing entry-level jobs are racking up hundreds of thousands of views in Korea and the US, but the verdict splits. MBC's PD Notebook clip "The missing new hire" passed 550,000 views, arguing postings for juniors are vanishing. US dev YouTuber bigboxSWE (76,000 views) contrasted 2021 and 2026 new-grad postings — once "6 months and a degree," now papers, open-source and contest wins — though a top comment mocked an AI-sponsored video telling devs "coding is over."

There's a counter-signal: an MBC clip (53,000 views) says seniors benefit, because experienced managers know exactly what to ask the AI and can judge its output. In a segment on Japan, 98% of grads found work and most firms kept hiring new staff. "It's unsettling that work runs fine without juniors," one lawyer said.