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id: "prereq-gen-ai-capabilities"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["§ How to Redesign Entry-Level Jobs", "¶14", "¶15"]
tags: ["ai-literacy"]
related: ["concept-red-teaming-ai", "claim-uncritical-ai-use-harms-novices"]
reason: "Required to understand why AI outputs must be critically interrogated and why human judgment remains irreplaceable."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-edu-46-perils-replace-entry-level"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/09/the-perils-of-using-ai-to-replace-entry-level-jobs"
sourceTitle: "The Perils of Using AI to Replace Entry-Level Jobs"
---
# Understanding of Generative AI Capabilities and Limitations

**Prerequisite:** The source assumes the reader understands current generative-AI capabilities (drafting text, synthesizing research, writing boilerplate code) as well as its inherent limitations (hallucination, lack of contextual judgment, inability to build human relationships).

**Why it's required:** Without this literacy, the case for [[concept-red-teaming-ai]] and hybrid workflows is unmotivated — you cannot see why AI outputs must be critically interrogated (per [[claim-uncritical-ai-use-harms-novices]]) or why human judgment remains irreplaceable.