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We wrote last week about the societal, academic and economic implications of young Americans scared of AI ("The kids aren't AI-right , Part 1"). Today, we dig deeper into job panic. Young Americans are scared of more than AI. They're downright panicky about finding a job at all. - Only 20% of young workers told Gallup in Q4 last year that it's a good time to find a quality job, down from 62% at the pollster's peak for the measure in October 2021. You rarely see mood swings this severe. Why it matters: For 70 years, a bachelor's degree was the most reliable on-ramp to a stable career. That's no longer true. And that's before AI hits entry-level work at scale. This isn't just worried kids succumbing to bad vibes. It's a hard, empirical…