{"id":227665,"date":"2026-06-08T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/opinion-as-ai-upends-humanity-we-must-focus-on-what-makes-us-human\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:50:18","slug":"opinion-as-ai-upends-humanity-we-must-focus-on-what-makes-us-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/opinion-as-ai-upends-humanity-we-must-focus-on-what-makes-us-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion | As AI upends humanity, we must focus on what makes us human"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3355710\/ai-upends-humanity-we-must-focus-what-makes-us-human\">Opinion | As AI upends humanity, we must focus on what makes us human<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3355710\/ai-upends-humanity-we-must-focus-what-makes-us-human\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3355710\/ai-upends-humanity-we-must-focus-what-makes-us-human<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-08 04:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.scmp.com\">www.scmp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth unemployment in China is a significant concern, especially among graduates from elite institutions.<\/li>\n<li>The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has intensified competition in the job market, raising questions about employability.<\/li>\n<li>A Stanford study found a relative decline in entry-level jobs in AI-exposed occupations in the U.S. since 2022, though experienced roles remain stable.<\/li>\n<li>Public anxiety about AI&#8217;s impact on jobs is evident, as seen in the negative reception of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt\u2019s AI praise at the University of Arizona commencement.<\/li>\n<li>Misinformation about AI and its use in various sectors has led to legal actions; a Chinese court ruled it illegal to lay off employees to replace them with cheaper AI.<\/li>\n<li>The pressure to focus on STEM subjects and machine learning in education might be simplistic; it&#8217;s essential to recognize the blurring lines between human and AI capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>The humanities play a crucial role in equipping students with the skills and perspectives that make them unique and well-rounded in an increasingly AI-driven world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion | As AI upends humanity, we must focus on what makes us human https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3355710\/ai-upends-humanity-we-must-focus-what-makes-us-human&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_opinion\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/08\/9b3d1da0-6b57-47cd-8bac-2fcacb19cfbc_ef26b6ef.jpg?itok=XIFdPYim&v=1780884805","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-227665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227668,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227665\/revisions\/227668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}