Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Shortage

China Worker Shortage, Xi Telling Kids to Study Manufacturing (bloomberg.com)
Every summer, millions of young Chinese graduate from the country’s increasingly strong network of four-year universities. But lately, many can’t find a good job once they leave school, so they end up becoming delivery drivers, livestreamers and even “professional children”—moving back in with mom and dad, who pay them to do chores. At the same time, tens of millions of positions in fields such as manufacturing, information technology and health care will go unfilled this year for lack of qualified candidates.
Over engineered cars are pushing technicians away (ycombinator.com)
An interesting video from an auto tech and below text was in the comments that I thought some engineers might appreciate.
The Coming Labor Shortage Is Not Good News (theatlantic.com)
Japan wants to build a cargo conveyor belt because it’s running out of drivers (carscoops.com)