AI students are completely disconnected from the actual AI ecosystem
Medical-Newspaper519 · reddit · 2026-09-07
A Reddit poster observes that most AI students, from undergrads to PhDs, have no idea about new LLMs, open-source models, or agents, blaming packed curricula. University AI education and the real AI ecosystem feel like two different worlds, highlighting a huge mindset gap between AI engineers and AI users.
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