The older you get, the more optimistic you are about AI? The agency said that AI has not eliminated old employees, and experienced employees can better control large models.

Abstract:

Society generally believes that young people are better at using AI and are more "close" to AI; however, the latest workplace survey in the United States shows that older employees are more optimistic about the opportunities brought by AI than young people. According to media reports on Thursday (local time), the latest research from Glassdoor, an American workplace research organization, shows that employees aged between 40 and 60 are the most optimistic about the opportunities brought by AI, partly because AI is creating more opportunities for senior employees.

The media cited Glassdoor information and pointed out that nearly half of Gen

As a generational reference: Generation X was born from 1965 to 1980, Millennials were born from 1981 to 1996, and Generation Z was born after 1997.

Note: The chart is divided from top to bottom into Generation Martin said that in the past two years, employees over 40 have mostly felt that their employers have taken full advantage of the AI boom and are grateful to their bosses for providing them with the opportunity to try generative AI tools.

Younger employees are mainly worried that the rise of AI will lead to a reduction in entry-level positions.

Glassdoor pointed out that younger employees are relatively pessimistic about machine learning, mainly because corporate America is promoting the automation of entry-level tasks such as customer service, research and marketing material writing.

Martin said in this regard: "If you are in a more senior position in your career, you will be protected a little more."

In the era of AI, experience is more valuable

Media reports point out that with the development of AI, the market demand for experienced employees is rising.

According to data from Indeed, a world-renowned recruitment website,

In the year to May 2026, the number of job advertisements for senior positions increased by 14.7%, while the number of job advertisements for junior positions fell by 6.3% during the same period.

Martin said:

“We have worried in the past that older workers’ inability or unwillingness to adopt new technologies will cause them to be eliminated in the labor market, but at least so far, this worry has not happened.”

Martin pointed out that experienced employees tend to get better output from large language models,

because they have the expertise to write precise prompt words and identify AI factual illusions

AI factual illusion refers to a large language model that solemnly outputs fictitious, wrong or inconsistent content in an extremely confident and smooth tone.