Is Paying for University Preposterous in the Age of AI?
dbasch · x · 2026-08-01
Developer Daniel Basch argues that paying for university seems preposterous when AI makes learning easier and cheaper than ever. He questions what exactly students are paying for—if knowledge is free, are they just buying extrinsic motivation imparted by professors?
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