German scholars question the value of a PhD in the age of AI

German academics debate AI's impact on research: Florian Gallwitz argues progress now hinges on models and compute, questioning the value of multi-year PhDs when AI answers better for 1.5 euros, while Stephan Rehfeld says PhD students must learn to ask questions.

2026-11-08 ~ 2026-11-08 · 3 related posts

• Kuhn's paradigms meet AI: what's left for PhD students is asking questions, not grinding solutions — StephanRehfeld · 2026-11-08
• German professor: AI already spots data patterns far beyond humans, science now hinges on models and tokens — FlorianGallwitz · 2026-11-08
• Professor: why write a PhD thesis if AI beats it in 5 minutes for €1.50 of tokens — FlorianGallwitz · 2026-11-08