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Students discuss ways to prevent school shootings during a presentation of Sandy Hook Promise's "Say Something" program at Hanover High School, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Hanover, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Keely Rogers, a trainer with Sandy Hook Promise's "Say Something" program, gives a presentation on preventing school shootings at Hanover High School, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Hanover, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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School Resource Officer John Voelkel speaks about ways to prevent school shootings during a presentation of Sandy Hook Promise's "Say Something" program at Hanover High School, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Hanover, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Ava Khouri, a Hanover High School senior who has trained middle school students to take initiatives to stop harmful behavior, poses in a hallway Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Hanover, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Students enjoy a light moment outside Hanover High School, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Hanover, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The rise of artificial intelligence is prompting college students to second-guess their career paths. Students say that picking a major that’s AI-proof feels like shooting at a moving target, as they try to prepare for a job market that is changing rapidly. A surge of recent polls show that college students see AI as a threat to their job prospects, particularly those majoring in technology-related fields. Until recently, the narrative that guided many students was that learning to code would lead to good jobs. But students who followed that path and are now majoring in computer science, analytics and other popular STEM majors fear that AI is taking entry-level jobs.