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This highlights an unspoken danger of AI. People are up in arms about AI taking jobs in Human Resources, customer service, low level coding, etc. But education
by bawana 1y ago
This highlights an unspoken danger of AI. People are up in arms about AI taking jobs in Human Resources, customer service, low level coding, etc. But education will take a massive hit. PhD, masters and even BS degrees will be devastated. Unless an individual has documented real benefits to a bottom line of some business, the CV will be window dressing. The only field that will continue to offer steady employment will be crime.
- higginsniggins 1y agoDont forget the worlds oldest profession.
- matthewfcarlson 1y agoAI girlfriends are coming for that too
- whatever1 1y agoThank god TikTok and Insta are grooming us already. We will be ready!
- lumost 1y agoThis does point to one of the problems the article highlights. The US graduates 1385 PhDs in economics for 400 faculty positions. Those faculty positions face global competition. While it's a net benefit to US institutions to have the best tenured professors in the world, the US must also deal with the less than fully employed US PhD graduates.
- SJC_Hacker 1y ago> The US graduates 1385 PhDs in economics for 400 faculty positions. Those faculty positions face global competition. If correct thats actually a pretty good ratio. In science you basically don't get a faculty position after the PhD, which lasts 5-7 years. You have to do a postdoc. Used to be 2-3 years, now its more like 5-6. To the extent its rare for any new faculty to be under the age 35.
- thfuran 1y agoHow is the length of the postdoc a factor? Next year there's going to be another graduating class and again the year after.
- schainks 1y agoWhat! Tradeskills are clearly in demand and pay great. A good plumber where I live is over $800/hr.