Thomas Greifenberger, a finance and marketing graduate from the University of Delaware, now works at the top of a cherry picker truck, trimming trees at his family’s tree service company.

He decided against pursuing a white-collar career after months of applications that led nowhere, saying, “I still go on LinkedIn from time to time, but I think that ship has sailed for me.”

Kiran Maya Sheikh, a Computer Science graduate from UC Irvine, described her experience with job hunting: “It’s like I’m fighting AI and all these other graduates for roles that don’t exist yet.”

Greifenberger and Sheikh are not alone. AI is hitting a labor market that was already unsteady, and workers at every level are asking the same questions: Will I find a job? Is my job safe?

Last week, we mapped what AI has done to the labor market thus far. This week, we look ahead—asking key questions about how AI might change how we work, and whether we’ll work at all.