Stanford CS cooling as EE/ME rise, a bet on semis and physical AI
appenz · x · 2026-09-04
Amid signs of falling CS interest at Stanford, ex-Tesla AI lead appenz says anecdotal evidence points to EE and ME taking its place — a bet on semiconductors and physical AI growing more important; others frame it as wheat/chaff sorting among majors.
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