ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: HOW ARE GEN Z’S CHOOSING THEIR CAREERS?

In the past decade, the rapidly increasing use of technology has changed the job market, making some careers obsolete while inventing new ones. While the social actors in the job market are adapting to the requirements, Gen Z’s currently studying and preparing for jobs that have not been invented. Artificial intelligence is now on the launching ramp, more precisely in developing countries, which, due to the current reality (pandemic-forced digitalization), will need to catch up quickly. We are asking how ready our society is to embrace the changes and how these affect choosing one’s career. While artificial intelligence is a field of study that indicates the future and the direction everyone is going, it seems like facing unexpected circumstances conducts to the embracement of the unknown with faith by a generation that was raised and exposed to technology. The methodology for this study was a review of the relevant literature, substantiating the proposed scientific approach from a theoretical standpoint.