First jobs for college grads are becoming more elusive. Open roles for entry-level software engineers have dropped. Generative AI is writing more code, and Big Tech companies are boasting about how AI is making their workers more efficient. The number of entry-level management consulting and finance jobs began declining last year, and several big firms considered offering lower salaries — reasoning that AI would take on some of the workload.Gen AI isn't Gen Z's only problem. Today's erratic economy has employees deeply worried about their jobs. That can mean fewer positions with new vacancies. Employers have been wary about bringing on fresh-faced hires in need of training.All of these roiling changes have left many Zoomers extremely nervous. In a new survey of college seniors from the career site Handshake, 62% of those who said they were familiar with AI tools expressed at least some concern about how those tools would affect their job prospects, up from 44% in 2023. Computer science students seemed the most worried about their overall prospects; 28% said they were "very pessimistic" about starting their careers in the current economy, up from 18% a year ago. As of March, soon-to-be grads had submitted 21% more job applications on Handshake than seniors did the year before — all while job postings on the site declined by 15%. And according to Indeed, internship postings across all sectors, which peaked in 2022, have fallen to below 2019 levels.If AI replaces entry-level work, new grads will have to learn the skills they need to work some other way — and lots of those practical, workplace skills aren't taught in the college classroom. A collapse of the career ladder and increasing automation could create more inequalities in skills, pay, and job satisfaction, says Matt Beane, a professor of technology management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. There are already cracks beginning to form in some white collar industry pipelines. "It's too late for us to completely and perfectly avoid this problem," Beane says. "Some damage has been done."Gen Zers are already deeply uncertain about the value of a college degree, with about half saying they felt higher education is a "waste of money" in a March survey from Indeed. In March, nearly 6% of college graduates 27 or younger were unemployed, compared with 2.6% of all workers with college degrees, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Four percent of all workers were unemployed, and nearly 7% of young people without college degrees didn't have jobs.A Brookings Institution analysis of OpenAI data concluded that some entry-level jobs, like preparing legal documents and reviewing legal data, were at high risk of automation. About half of the tasks for a marketing research analyst were similarly thought to be at risk, compared with 9% of the work for a marketing manager. There were similar findings for sales representatives versus sales managers. AI tools may unevenly affect different industries: An Anthropic analysis of its tool Claude.ai found that 37% of queries were related to computer and mathematical work, like developing and maintaining websites or debugging computer systems, while other categories like education, business and finance, sciences, and administrative were less common.Bosses might have their eye on the benefits of putting gen AI and agents into the workforce, but it's not a silver bullet for efficiency. Three in four workers surveyed last year by the freelancing platform UpWork said AI tools had made them less productive and put more work on their plate. "It seems like there's savings and productivity gains on the surface, but then when you really dig in, there's potentially longer review periods or more going back to double-check or correct mistakes that don't seem obvious," says Tim Herbert, the chief research officer at CompTIA, a nonprofit trade association for the US IT industry."New grads are entering an environment where they are going to have to wait for the downstream implications to emerge" from the AI revolution, says Frank Fusco, the CEO of Silicon Society, a company focused on educating workers through job shadowing. He believes some roles will be destroyed or consolidated but new ones will emerge from AI — ones we can't yet envision or predict. Ultimately, companies will realize they can't render people obsolete. But for Gen Z, "the timing is very unfortunate," he says. "We are at the very start of that curve if we zoom out." While they love young people, I think they love robots more. Maureen Wiley Clough, host of “It Gets Late Early" Meanwhile, companies are also more cautious about hiring workers as they face economic uncertainty and the prospect of a recession. "We're in a period where we're frozen," says Allison Shrivastava, an economist at Indeed. Workers and bosses are moving cautiously to see the fallout of President Donald Trump's tariffs. "We're all a little bit of a deer in the headlights, unsure of what's going on." But, she says, that can't last very long — companies eventually have to make moves, whether by laying people off, or as people quit and move jobs.The tech industry in particular has faced uncertainty for the past two years, with the number of job postings falling from about 625,000 in January 2023 to 467,000 this past March, according to a data analysis performed by CompTIA. Entry-level jobs in early 2023 made up 24% of those roles, down to 21% now. Those looking for workers with seven or more years of experience have increased by 3% in that same time. These shifts come in part after tech companies rapidly hired during the pandemic and then laid thousands off in 2023. But it's a tough reality for those starting their careers in an industry that was known for high salaries and trendy perks.It's a hard pivot for tech, an industry that has long been accused of favoring young talent to move fast and break things over older, experienced workers. "While they love young people, I think they love robots more," says Maureen Wiley Clough, the host of "It Gets Late Early," a podcast about ageism in the tech industry. In a 2023 survey from Intelligent.com, a higher education research resource, nearly 40% of bosses across industries said they thought recent grads were not prepared for the workforce. In a 2024 survey of 800 HR leaders sponsored by Hult International Business School, 37% of HR leaders said they would rather have a robot or AI do a job than hire a recent graduate to take it on; another 30% said they would prefer to just let the job sit open.But it's not Gen Zers' fault that they don't fully get workplace etiquette and norms yet. Young workers graduating in the past five years have sometimes started their college courses or careers remotely. That can mean missed opportunities to find close mentors and learn the culture and norms of an office. Zoomers largely seem more likely to want to work hybrid schedules over remote when compared with older workers, and they're looking for in-person connection. "Those things have just left the equation," Wiley Clough says. "It's kind of like, well, good luck, sink or swim."Some junior workers are teaching themselves to use AI, finding it helpful when looking for a job. Meelah Harkness graduated from Loyola University Chicago last May after studying communications and started applying for jobs. She filled out applications on LinkedIn for roles that already had more than 100 applicants, and upgraded her account to premium so she could send messages to people she didn't know. Amid her frenzy of applications, Harkness spent a few weeks studying for a certificate in AI in advertising and public relations. She was wary of the rapidly developing tech, and wondered whether her newly minted marketing skills would be easily replaced by generative AI. Taking the course actually made her feel more confident. "A robot can't sell to a human the way a human can sell to a human," she says. About four months into her search, she landed a job as a marketing coordinator at Bartesian, the maker of a cocktail mixing machine, using some of what she learned in that AI course to generate mockup images in a sample work test.Christine Cruzvergara, the chief education officer at Handshake, is more optimistic that young workers won't be pushed out easily. She says that while the tight job market and developments in AI are changing the world young people are graduating into, entry-level jobs are still out there and vital to companies. "You have to be able to actually grow your talent pipeline, and to be able to advance people into your midlevel or later on senior-level roles," Cruzvergara says. "To do that, you are likely to have to hire from entry-level, to have more flexibility and ability to shape that in the ways that you want." If automation truly took over entry-level work across an entire industry or among white-collar workers, Cruzvergara says, "there would be a recalibration of what is considered an entry-level job."The top college grads should look for work at firms where they'll get hands-on training, says Beane, who wrote the book "The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines." It will become a flex to work for companies that see the value and invest in educating young workers. And companies looking to hire will have to take on "promising but undertrained" applicants, he says. Without an entry-level role, it will fall more to midlevel and senior-level workers to train these workers like apprentices — or young people will be pushed to teach themselves. "The onus of the responsibility falls on both the employer and the employee to upskill in this new digital age," says Danielle Farage, a speaker and Gen Z work expert, who is also a Gen Zer. "There's no way you can keep up unless you make it part of your role to continuously be learning and upskilling."Students are already taking notes. Julia Fedorin, a student at the University of Waterloo, decided to scrap the traditional job application process. She made a video and posted it to X last week, asking Shopify to hire her as a marketing intern — even though the role didn't exist. Her video was viewed more than 1 million times and also caught the eye of Shopify, which has already offered her an internship for the fall. "I think AI should 100% be a tool that you use," she tells me. But it can't write experience. "Now more than ever, we value authenticity," Fedorin says. "I think there's only so much that AI can show."Amanda Hoover is a senior correspondent at Business Insider covering the tech industry. She writes about the biggest tech companies and trends.

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a new framework for thinking through your ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions. To submit a question, email Sigal at sigal.samuel@vox.com or fill out this anonymous form. Either way, if we choose your question, it’ll be anonymized. Here’s this week’s question, condensed and edited for clarity:I work for the federal government in a policy role. I took the job before President Trump won the election and I didn’t expect that he would triumph. Since he’s come into power, I’ve been wrestling with the question of whether to quit or stay. I strongly disagree with this administration’s politics and don’t want to be complicit in them. But I think I’m doing good and valuable work in my particular lane — work that could improve things for people in this country and abroad. How do you decide whether to participate in an admin you disagree with or whether to walk away in protest?Dear Concerned About Complicity,Why did you choose this career to begin with? It sounds like it was because you — like lots of other people who go into government — sincerely care about doing good. So let’s use that as our lodestar here.If your goal is to do good, the most obvious potential reason to stay in your job is that you believe it still gives you a unique opportunity to do just that. Even though you disagree with this administration’s politics, it’s possible that you can still do more good by staying put than you could do by leaving government and avoiding the taint of politics.There are a number of ways that could be true. One is if your particular role is relatively removed from the administration’s more controversial moves: if you work for the Environmental Protection Agency, say, not the Justice Department. Another is if you believe you can create positive impact from within — for example, by making the case for better policies at critical moments — in a way that wouldn’t happen if you resigned and got replaced. And then there’s the simple fact that, well, this is how the system of liberal democracy works. When a president is democratically elected, it’s the job of government employees to heed the president’s decisions, and not just the ones they personally agree with. There are really good reasons to want to uphold that system. One of liberal democracy’s great defenders, the British philosopher Isaiah Berlin, argued in his essay “Two Concepts of Liberty” that human values are inherently diverse, sometimes incompatible, and impossible to rank on a single scale. That means no single political arrangement can satisfy all legitimate human values simultaneously. So, he reasoned, we need to embrace political pluralism and respect competing perspectives. However.All of the above assumes that staying in your job would allow you to achieve the overarching goal. Remember, that goal is to do good. Have a question you want me to answer in the next Your Mileage May Vary column?Feel free to email me at sigal.samuel@vox.com or fill out this anonymous form! Newsletter subscribers will get my column before anyone else does and their questions will be prioritized for future editions. Sign up here!So, what if you find that you cannot actually create any positive impact from within? What if your arguments are suppressed at every turn? What if there’s so much intimidation that it leaves you both powerless and traumatized? What if you are pressured to do harm?For that matter, what if your boss tells you to carry out a policy that’s actually illegal? What if the administration, despite being elected through the machinery of democracy, goes on to hack away at democracy itself — the system you’re committed to upholding?Well, then, Hannah Arendt might have a thing or two to say to you. Arendt, a German-Jewish philosopher known for her post-Holocaust theorizing on the banality of evil, published a short essay in 1964 called “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship.” Writing from firsthand experience (she lived in Germany during the rise of Nazism until fleeing in 1933), she notes that a lot of Germans who collaborated with the Nazis later said they’d “stayed on the job in order to prevent worse things from happening; only those who remained inside had a chance to mitigate things and to help at least some people … whereas those who did nothing shirked all responsibilities and thought only of themselves, of the salvation of their precious souls.”Arendt is not impressed by this argument. She cautions against people’s tendency to convince themselves that, if they continue to serve power, they’ll be doing more good on net — or choosing the lesser of two evils:Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil … Moreover, if we look at the techniques of totalitarian government, it is obvious that the argument of “the lesser evil” — far from being raised only from the outside by those who do not belong to the ruling elite — is one of the mechanisms built into the machinery of terror and criminality. Acceptance of lesser evils is consciously used in conditioning the government officials as well as the population at large to the acceptance of evil as such. Arendt’s point is that if you choose the “acceptance of lesser evils” route, you’re playing a game in which the deck is stacked against you. You’re incentivized to stay, because quitting can be socially, professionally, or financially ruinous, and bit by bit — like the frog in the boiling pot — you can become acclimated to worse and worse policies. “The extermination of Jews,” Arendt writes, “was preceded by a very gradual sequence of anti-Jewish measures, each of which was accepted with the argument that refusal to cooperate would make things worse — until a stage was reached where nothing worse could possibly have happened.” So, if you’re going to play this game, you need a way to make sure that you won’t fall into the traps. You might think the best way to do this is to get very clear on your own personal rules — to establish in advance, ideally in writing, at what point you’ll just say, “I’m out.” There’s some merit to that idea, because the mind has a way of shifting the goalposts as things progress, saying, “But that’s not really so bad, right? I’ll wait just a little bit more…” The law can be a useful heuristic device here — you want to keep following it, even if people start pressuring you to do something illegal. Moral rules can also be a powerful heuristic device — think “thou shalt not kill,” for starters. But Arendt emphasizes that legality and morality can fall short in extreme political situations. That’s because the illegal can become legalized overnight. The whole state machinery can start enforcing what were previously considered crimes, and moral norms can be changed along with them. The public can be swayed into accepting the new reality.So how do you safeguard your integrity? Arendt observes that what was special about those who refused to collaborate with the Nazis wasn’t that classic rules about right and wrong were firmly established in their conscience, but that their conscience didn’t work by automatically applying any pre-learned rules. She writes:Much more reliable will be the doubters and skeptics, not because skepticism is good or doubting wholesome, but because they are used to examine things and to make up their own minds. In other words, it’s about daring to think and judge for yourself at every turn. It’s about continuing to ask yourself tough questions. Arendt had a great hack for achieving this: She surrounded herself with people she disagreed with, both in the legendary cocktail-fueled salons she hosted and in her one-on-one friendships. She and her friends challenged and sharpened each other’s thoughts through intellectual debate. Though it was sometimes painful, Arendt insisted that this type of friendship has a radical political power: It teaches you the all-important skill of thinking. So, over the coming weeks, keep your eyes trained on what the administration does. Each week, return to your lodestar and ask yourself anew: What would my challengers say to me now? Are there concrete indications that I’m succeeding in my overarching goal? Am I still doing good here? Bonus: What I’m readingOver the past week, I’ve become completely obsessed with the novel Babel by R.F. Kuang. It imagines an alternative history where Oxford scholars use the power of translation to expand the British empire — and their students launch an anti-colonialist secret society to bring the empire down. It raises questions about complicity in an unusually thoughtful and totally un-put-down-able way. In Foreign Affairs, two democracy experts make this prediction: “US democracy will likely break down during the second Trump administration, in the sense that it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy,” they write. “What lies ahead is not fascist or single-party dictatorship but competitive authoritarianism — a system in which parties compete in elections but the incumbent’s abuse of power tilts the playing field against the opposition.”The biologist Michael Levin is a proponent of panpsychism, the idea that everything — from plants to cells to atoms — has consciousness. He’s got a new piece out in Noema Magazine with this fantastic headline: “Living Things Are Not Machines (Also, They Totally Are).” He writes that almost everyone thinks there’s some secret sauce that separates life from mere machines, but when pressed, nobody can articulate what it is. What if there’s actually no clear, bright line?This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, join the Vox Membership program today.You’ve read 1 article in the last monthHere at Vox, we're unwavering in our commitment to covering the issues that matter most to you — threats to democracy, immigration, reproductive rights, the environment, and the rising polarization across this country.Our mission is to provide clear, accessible journalism that empowers you to stay informed and engaged in shaping our world. By becoming a Vox Member, you directly strengthen our ability to deliver in-depth, independent reporting that drives meaningful change.We rely on readers like you — join us.Swati SharmaVox Editor-in-ChiefSee More:

The Nintendo Switch 2 has yet another big game confirmed for launch, but there's a catch this time around as it appears there's no upgrade path for existing playersTech10:51, 24 Apr 2025Updated 10:51, 24 Apr 2025Sonic x Shadow Generations will come to Switch 2(Image: Sega)The Nintendo Switch 2 launch line-up looks packed, with Mario Kart World leading the pack and much more besides. The first few months of the console should give us the likes of Elden Ring, enhanced Switch 2 games, and one underrated title that deserves a second chance, and we almost don't miss a 3D Mario title being part of it.Still, as we wait to find out how soon the likes of EA FC and Madden will be on the hybrid system, SEGA has confirmed that Sonic and Shadow will make their Switch 2 debut on launch day.‌While we're certainly happy to have them, though, there is a catch for Sonic x Shadow Generations players.Article continues belowSonic x Shadow Generations is two games in one(Image: Sega)The good news is that Sonic x Shadow Generations is a fantastic action-platformer that's actually two games in one, so it could be well worth picking up with your console on June 5.“Play as Shadow in a brand-new story campaign featuring never-before-seen abilities that prove why he’s known as the Ultimate Life Form,” Sega said via press release.‌“Also included is a complete remaster of the highly acclaimed Sonic Generations™, a time-traveling adventure featuring a greatest-hits collection of 3D and 2D Sonic stages, now with upgraded visuals and new bonus content."So what's the issue? As spotted on Sega's site (thanks, My Nintendo News), "The Nintendo Switch version cannot be upgraded to the Nintendo Switch 2 version," with the same applying to DLC.‌Given Nintendo has been showing upgrades for its own titles (albeit paid ones), it's a shame not to see SEGA follow suit, seemingly meaning you'll need to buy the entire game again — even if you already own it on the original Switch. That's a shame, and it'll be interesting to see if other games follow suit.Two Point Museum is also coming to Switch 2(Image: Two Point Studios/SEGA)SEGA has also announced that Yakuza 0: Director's Cut and Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S will arrive on Switch 2 on June 5, too, so the publisher has plenty of wares to share for your shiny new system.‌RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army follows on June 18, while Two Point Museum is also slated for the Switch in 2025.We awarded the latter 4/5 in our review, saying:"Far from a stuffy school trip, Two Point Museum is a little familiar but that also adds to its cosiness. It’s the kind of game that has you preparing for “just one more expedition” before it’s 4 AM and you need to get to bed, and I love it for that."Article continues belowFor the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.‌‌‌

You can pay extra if you want to give more to charity (Microsoft) A new charity bundle from Humble Bundle is an absolute steal for both Doom fans and those who loved the recent Indiana Jones game. Publisher Bethesda appears to be on a roll at the moment. Its remaster of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion has been an instant hit with fans, which comes off the heels of the excellent Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, which arrived on PlayStation 5 just last week. And in just a few weeks it will be launching prequel game Doom: The Dark Ages, which made a strong first impression during the Xbox showcase this past January. For anyone interested in the game, or who has grown to enjoy the style of Indiana Jones developer MachineGames, Humble Bundle is offering a very enticing package of PC games for less than £25, that also saves you £25 on The Dark Ages. The bundle in question is titled id & Friends and is a collection of not just the entire Doom series from developer id Software, but also the excellent Wolfenstein games from MachineGames (with the exception of the Youngblood spin-off). MachineGames’ Wolfenstein games works in quite a similar way to Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, although with more of focus on gunplay – although it’s still Nazis you’re fighting. Although the original Doom games from the 90s are included in the bundle the earlier Wolfenstein titles are not. Altogether, it’s nine games in total, but the bundle also includes 10% coupons for both the standard edition of Doom: The Dark Ages and its Premium Edition. More Trending For context, the former is £69.99 while the latter is £99.99, so the coupons would discount them to about £63 and £90 respectively. Every Doom & Wolfenstein game included in the id & Friends bundle Doom + Doom 2 (compilation of the first two Doom games) Doom 64 Doom 3 Doom (2016) Doom Eternal Doom Eternal Year One Pass (includes the two-part The Ancient Gods campaign expansion) Wolfenstein: The New Order Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus The full bundle is only £21.16, but you can opt for cheaper bundles that include two or six of the games (although neither of them come with the Doom: The Dark Ages coupons). A total of 5% of what you spend will be donated to the Direct Relief charity, which provides medical relief worldwide, and you can opt to spend more money on the bundle by using the Custom Amount tab. The bundle will only be available until May 11, just four days before Doom: The Dark Ages launches on May 15 for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC. If you’ve never played a Doom game before, it’s worth catching up before The Dark Ages launches (Microsoft) Email gamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader’s Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. GameCentral Sign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

Daydreamers doesn’t stray too far from vampire movie narratives we’ve seen before; there are warring clans of bloodsuckers, a brother versus brother face-off, and visits to flashy clubs stuffed with fang-faced partiers. But it’s one of very few vampire movies to come from Vietnam, which makes it a curiosity worth seeking out. And once you start watching, Daydreamers‘ stylish execution and ridiculously good-looking cast just might hook you in. What you should not do is spend too much time worrying about the movie’s particular vampire “rules.” Basically, it comes down to this: there are two kinds of vampires roaming around contemporary Ho Chi Minh City. One group clings to the belief that if they resist killing humans and survive instead on animal blood, they may one day reverse the curse and walk freely in the sunlight again. (They are who the movie title refers to, if that wasn’t already obvious.) It’s a lonely, angst-ridden existence, especially for Nhat (Tran Ngoc Vang), who doggedly keeps to his “blood trial” training, hoping to become human again. It’s something his late mother dreamed would be possible for him and his brother, Marco (Thuan Nguyen), but since her death the siblings have become estranged. Marco is now part of that other vampire clique: flashy, vapid, and glamorous, they have fun living undead life to the fullest and have no desire to revert back to mortality. They give off major Lost Boys vibes. Thanks to the brief animated segment that Daydreamers opens with, we know that vampires have been around for hundreds of years but were nearly exterminated some time ago by revenge-seeking humans. To ensure their eternal survival, there’s a general shared agreement not to kill any humans, though not everyone sticks to that. An even bigger no-no, however, is letting any non-vampire become aware of vampire existence. “Leave no witnesses” is a sacred creed, though it was either a failing of Daydreamers‘ subtitles or script that made this point a little confusing, since it seems to create a pretty gaping loophole for that whole “kill no humans” thing. Any vampire who dares spill the secret is also supposed to get taken out, which can be accomplished using silver weapons, a stake through the heart, or good old-fashioned sunlight. Every vampire movie offers its own tweaks on genre lore, and Daydreamers leans really hard into its rules. You kind of wish it had just been “if we don’t kill humans we might heal ourselves” versus “hell yes, kill humans!”—and focused solely on Nhat versus Marco, rather than introducing a plot about Nhat falling for Ha, a human girl (Trinh Thao) he must protect once she accidentally figures out monsters are real. It’s a forbidden romance, but Daydreamers unfortunately provides precious little evidence of sparks between Nhat and Ha, despite the fact that they’re willing to die for each other within days of meeting. There’s a much spicier connection between Marco and vampire queen Trieu (Vietnamese superstar Chi Pu); the latter in particular has a charismatic screen presence that makes you wish Daydreamers had shifted more of its focus her way. © Dark Sky Films At just under two hours, Daydreamers has a lot of time to explore the push and pull between Marco and Nhat, whose shared history goes back over 100 years (at one point, Nhat reveals he was last in school in 1895), but has come to a head with their mother’s tragic passing and Marco’s subsequent transformation into a murderous bad boy. At its core, Daydreamers is mostly fascinated with Nhat’s dilemma: he doesn’t want to die, but even after all this time, he also doesn’t know how to live—though he becomes very certain that Marco’s way is not for him. Daydreamers takes place almost entirely at night, naturally, and it makes good use of that setting to lean into the neon-tinged glamour of eternal debauchery. The “vampire nightclub” trope was used to hilarious effect in What We Do in the Shadows, but Daydreamers plays it very straight. Perhaps that’s because the film hails from a culture that hasn’t already done vampire stories to death—or perhaps Daydreamers is a little too self-serious. Whatever the case, this movie is dripping with blood and eye candy in equal parts, and that’s a praise-worthy achievement even if the plot gets a little wobbly at times. Daydreamers opens in select theaters May 2; it’ll hit all the major VOD platforms June 3. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.

Saint-Denis 44 Housing Units / DREAMSave this picture!© DREAM Architects: DREAM Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2775 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2025 Photographs Photographs:DREAM Lead Architect: Stella Buisan Landscape: Topager Painting: Perasol More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Dream Agency Transforms a Site Steeped in History - The architecture agency DREAM has just completed a socially impactful urban renewal project in Saint-Denis. Located on Rue Fraizier and Rue du Landy, this new residential complex marks a major step in the revitalization of the neighborhood, 24 years after a tragic fire destroyed a dilapidated building. As the first housing development under a French shared equity lease (BRS-Bail Réel Solidaire) to be delivered in Saint-Denis, the building combines architectural ambition with harmonious integration into the urban fabric.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Repairing the Neighborhood, Rebuilding Social Ties - On the night of February 1–2, 2001, a deadly fire ravaged an old, rundown building on Rue Fraizier, exposing precarious living conditions. Exploited by slumlords, this building symbolized substandard housing and the urgent need for urban transformation. Today, the neighborhood is undergoing regeneration toward greater inclusivity and well-being, more social diversity, and more green spaces. The residential complex delivered by DREAM embodies this renewed vision.Save this picture!Unique Housing Units - With 44 housing units - 22 for social rental and 22 for social homeownership (BRS) - the project aims to translate the qualities of individual homes into collective housing, with a specific typology for each unit, most of which are walk-through and multi-oriented, with high-quality outdoor spaces. Each unit complies with the new construction quality charter of Plaine Commune and was designed with particular attention to usage and orientation: they are bright, comfortable, and well-ventilated. The units feature real entrance sequences with storage, kitchens with direct daylight that can be closed off if desired, and large panoramic windows. All living areas are connected to a balcony or, on the ground floor, to a garden.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Off-Site Construction: A Graphic and Low-Carbon Design - The project's aesthetic is expressed through a rhythmic and graphic composition of volumes. The alternating use of raw materials on the façades — wood and metal — combined with the fine lines of wooden sunshades and balcony undersides, softens the mass effect and creates a genuine visual lightness. This interplay of materials and textures promotes a sensitive integration into its urban environment. The building shape, resulting from a morphological and environmental analysis of the site, ensures optimal management of sunlight and shadow while offering a wide range of outdoor spaces. For this mixed wood-concrete structure, prefabrication was a key lever for quality and construction coherence. All timber-frame façades, incorporating metal cladding, wood joinery, and deflectors, were fully manufactured in the workshop, ensuring optimal execution quality and precise detailing. The balconies, made of self-supporting wood-metal structures, were also entirely prefabricated. Resting on staggered beam structures, they integrate elegantly into the whole, refining the façade's silhouette.Save this picture!A Green Courtyard and Shared Spaces - The housing block features a generous garden visible through two passageway lobbies accessible from Rue du Landy and Rue Fraizier. Nearly all the housing units benefit fully from this green lung. Moreover, the project places special emphasis on shared spaces, designed in collaboration with Plaine Commune Habitat to foster interaction and social diversity. The spacious and welcoming entrance lobby encourages residents to pause and meet — it is a community space. Rooftop gardens on each building provide areas for relaxation and social exchange. Through this project, the DREAM agency offers residents a reimagined, safe, and inclusive living environment.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less About this officeDREAMOffice••• MaterialsMaterials and TagsPublished on April 24, 2025Cite: "Saint-Denis 44 Housing Units / DREAM" 24 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029407/saint-denis-44-housing-units-dream&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

When it comes to ‘reading the room,’ humans still have a leg up.   Image: Richard Drury / Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 AI models have progressed rapidly in recent years and can already outperform humans in various tasks, from generating basic code to dominating games like chess and Go. But despite massive computing power and billions of dollars in investor funding, these advanced models still can’t hold up to humans when it comes to truly understanding how real people interact with one another in the world. In other words, AI still fundamentally struggles at “reading the room.” That’s the claim made in a new paper by researchers from Johns Hopkins University. In the study, researchers asked a group of human volunteers to watch three-second video clips and rate the various ways individuals in those videos were interacting with one another. They then tasked more than 350 AI models—including image, video, and language-based systems—with predicting how the humans had rated those interactions. While the humans completed the task with ease, the AI models, regardless of their training data, struggled to accurately interpret what was happening in the clips. The researchers say their findings suggest that AI models still have significant difficulty understanding human social cues in real-world environments. That insight could have major implications for the growing industry of AI-enabled driverless cars and robots, which inherently need to navigate the physical world alongside people. “Anytime you want an AI system to interact with humans, you want to be able to know what those humans are doing and what groups of humans are doing with each other,” John Hopkins University assistant professor of cognitive science and paper lead author Leyla Isik told Popular Science. “This really highlights how a lot of these models fall short on those tasks.”  Isik will present the research findings today at the International Conference on Learning Representations. Though previous research has shown that AI models can accurately describe what’s happening in still images at a level comparable to humans, this study aimed to see whether that still holds true for video. To do that, Isik says she and her fellow researchers selected hundreds of videos from a computer vision dataset and clipped them down to three seconds each. They then narrowed the sample to include only videos featuring two humans interacting. Human volunteers viewed these clips, and answered a series of questions about what was happening, rated on a scale from 1 to 5. The questions ranged from objective prompts like “Do you think these bodies are facing each other?” to more subjective ones, such as whether the interaction appeared emotionally positive or negative. In general, the human respondents tended to give similar answers, as reflected in their ratings—suggesting that people share a basic observational understanding of social interactions. The researchers then posed similar types of questions to image, video, and language models. (The language models were given human-written captions to analyze instead of raw video.) Across the board, the AI models failed to demonstrate the same level of consensus as the human participants. The language models generally performed better than the image and video models, but Isik notes that may be partly due to the fact that they were analyzing captions that were already quite descriptive. The researchers primarily evaluated open-access models, some of which were several years old. The study did not include the latest models recently released by leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Still, the stark contrast between human and AI responses suggests there may be something fundamentally different about how models and humans process social and contextual information. “It’s not enough to just see an image and recognize objects and faces,” John Hopkins University doctoral student and paper co-author Kathy Garcia said in a statement. “We need AI to understand the story that is unfolding in a scene. Understanding the relationships, context, and dynamics of social interactions is the next step, and this research suggests there might be a blind spot in AI model development.”  The findings come as tech companies race to integrate AI into an increasing number of physical robots—a concept often referred to as “embodied AI.” Cities like Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin have become test beds of this new era thanks to the increasing presence of driverless Waymo robotaxis sharing the roads with human-driven vehicles. Limited understanding of complex environments has led some driverless cars to behave erratically or even get stuck in loops, driving in circles. While some recent studies suggest that driverless vehicles may currently be less prone to accidents than the average human driver, federal regulators have nonetheless opened up investigations into Waymo and Amazon-owned Zoox for driving behavior that allegedly violated safety laws. Other companies—like Figure AI, Boston Dynamics, and Tesla —are taking things a step further by developing AI-enabled humanoid robots designed to work alongside humans in manufacturing environments. Figure has already signed a deal with BMW to deploy one of its bipedal models at a facility in South Carolina, though its exact purpose remains somewhat vague. In these settings, properly understanding human social cues and context is even more critical, as even small misjudgments in intention run the risk of injury. Going a step further, some experts have even suggested that advanced humanoid robots could one day assist with elder and  child care. Isik suggested the results of the study mean there are still several steps that need to be taken before that vision becomes a reality.  “[The research] really highlights the importance of bringing neuroscience, cognitive science, and AI into these more dynamic real world settings.” Isik said.

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