Reddit debate asks whether AI job losses will end higher education
Read original source →reddit.comAn r/Singularity post recounts a professor asking students whether they'd still attend college if a degree no longer led to higher earning potential; no one raised a hand. The thread frames AI-driven white-collar job displacement as an existential threat to universities.
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