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The AI boom's overlooked jobs
CNBC Television· 2026-05-19 15:45
You feel like a superhero up there. I'm proud to tell people what I do. >> Tyson Cook is a 24-year-old AT&T premises technician helping connect fiber into homes and businesses.>> We are pretty much telephone pole to the gateway. The gateway is your modem or your router. That's your actual fiber optic itself.>> And we run a line from the pole to the house. I feel like a cowboy up there. Kaisen's job doesn't require a 4-year degree.And as AI drives demand for data centers and the fiber networks that connect t ...
The AI Economy’s New Career Ladder
CNBC· 2026-05-19 14:01
AI is creating demand for a new kind of entry level worker. To find out what that means for the US economy, I took a trip to the Midwest. I just got to Ohio to report on a story as to why the AI revolution is bringing a labor mismatch to towns across America.You feel like a superhero up there. I'm proud to tell people what I do. Kyson Cook is a 24 year old AT&T premises technician helping connect fiber into homes and businesses.We are pretty much telephone pole to the gateway. The gateway is your modem or y ...