Today’s youth dream of happiness!
Nowadays, young people reflect on the possibilities that await them in the future, especially in the areas of work and personal life. They ask themselves these questions particularly because of the ever-increasing use of technology. What the future holds for them we cannot say for sure, but we can share some data collected directly from the young people who will be living that future.
Will they do manual jobs, technological ones, or not work at all? What kinds of jobs will they have?
We conducted a survey among our classmates at Smiling International School in Ferrara. The sample group ranged in age from nine to sixteen, and we asked them five different questions.
What is your dream? The younger children gave more ambitious and imaginative answers like going to the Moon and becoming astronauts, while older students expressed hopes for a simpler and more grounded future: they simply desire a happy life.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Among the older respondents, we again received more concrete and realistic answers, such as becoming marine biologists. In contrast, the younger children gave more imaginative and relatively harder-to-achieve goals, such as becoming professional footballers. In general, the most popular careers were in the fields of technology and sports.
Why? To this question, we received interesting results because the answers were very similar across ages. Both older and younger students most often replied: “Because I like it.”
This shows us that choosing a profession one enjoys is an important factor that influences both work quality and the life they dream of.
Will your job be useful for the world and society?
Regardless of age, most respondents said they chose their future job to help the planet and society, to ensure a future for the next generations, for personal interest, income, or preference.
Will your job require technology?
The answer is yes. Most of the chosen jobs require technology: out of thirty-five jobs mentioned by the students, 32 involved technology in some way — one example is the job of a video editor.
Conclusion
The data show that young people care deeply about their future — not only in terms of personal goals, but also in terms of responsibility toward the planet and the impact their actions may have on the world. The younger children appeared more dreamy and imaginative, with goals and expectations that, while ambitious — like going to the Moon — are not necessarily out of reach.
The older students gave more realistic and grounded answers, perhaps also simpler in how they envision their future.
What remains uncertain for everyone is how jobs will evolve with the rise of technology and the arrival of artificial intelligence.
The future is still to be imagined.
(Lapo De A., Pasquale L., Guglielmo De R., Edoardo F., Fabio M., Cesare B.)
Young people’s opinion on having their job related to technology
Have you ever thought about having your job related to technology? Or maybe wondered why so many teenagers are interested in it? Then this is the article for you.
Nowadays most jobs are tech related. We selected a sample of students of the age of 10, 13 and 17 years olds at our International School of Ferrara and we interviewed them on this very topic.
The questions we mostly focused on are the ones on the topic of their dream jobs and how these jobs may be linked to the internet. These young people responded with answers that we expected: they want to work in the field of technology.
For the first question, the teenagers we interviewed said that they wanted their jobs to be linked to the internet, and the others who had different answers, gave us their reason. Their reason was because of fear of experiencing criticism such as cyberbullying or stereotypes.
For the next question about dream jobs, many young people replied they wanted to work in the field of science, medicine or fashion.
Then, we asked them if they believed AI would replace human positions in the future, the majority agreed with us. The older ones said that it depended on the job.
Our final question was on their thoughts about social media being a part of their job. Many of them answered that they wanted that, but we were surprised at how many teenagers did not want that to happen. We do not know why they said that, though, and this could be the topic of our next article!
In short, most students we interviewed want their profession to be related to the internet when they become older, however younger ones do not. A lot of older students don’t even know what they want to do in the future! Finally, a large number of teenagers think that AI will replace humans’ jobs, and a lot of them want their job to be linked to social media.
After all the research we did, we came to the conclusion that many young people’s lives are affected by technology. What about you? Do you think a job in tech would be an exciting career?
(Ava Megan C., Martina C., Fiamma V., Makar Y., Milana S.)
Will AI take over our future jobs?
Do you think AI will take over our jobs? We are here to tell you what we think and asked some AIs, like ChatGPT and Copilot, for their opinion on the matter. Let’s get started.
To begin with, if you don’t know what AI means, it stands for Artificial Intelligence. It’s man-made intelligence, which is used for work. Eventually these intelligences will surpass human intelligence and will be used for jobs once done by humans. Other jobs will also be created like AI managers, Software managers, and Hardware engineers.
Some jobs that we believe may vanish in the future, either popular or unpopular ones, could be for example astronauts, firefighters and gardeners.
Here are some interviews done with ChatGPT, Copilot (Bing) and Deepseek. To the question “How will AI replace our future jobs?”, here is what they said:
First, ChatGPT said: Automation of Repetitive Tasks, Enhanced Decision Making, New Roles and Industries, Collaborative Work, Upskilling and Lifelong Learning and Workplace Inclusivity.
Then, Deepseek said: Personalized Job Matching, Automated Resume Screening, Skill Development and Upskilling, AI in Interviewing, Job Creation vs Job Displacement, Bias and Fairness, The Role of Human Touch & Future Trends.
Finally, Copilot said: Job Displacement and Creation, Changes in Work Environment, Ethical and Social Considerations and Industry specific Impacts.
Moreover, here are some interesting facts about AI: 77% of devices being used have some form of AI. AI is projected to contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030.
Now, think about YOUR future job! Will you be a firefighter, police officer, restaurant manager, pediatrician or even an astronaut? Or maybe something else? Do you think AI will steal your job? Will AI be a problem for all of us? Or on the contrary, will it improve our job careers?
For sure, AI will definitely change the future of jobs, but we can most likely rest assured that AI will fix the world economy and escape the solar system before humans.
(Finley M., Mika P., Mark G., Emma J. and Filippo B.)
