Top Delhi College Mass Hirers Back Out of Placements as Students Study by Prompting GPT and Claude
DrDatta_AIIMS · x · 2026-09-13
A thread chain on AI eroding the value of elite education:
- Mass hirers at top Delhi University colleges including SRCC, St. Stephens, SSCBS and Hansraj have backed out of placements this year, leaving roughly half the batch in a borderline-depression state — these are described as the top cream of society.
- The poster says before all four semester exams, they and everyone they know studied by prompting GPT/Claude; class lectures are now only for discussions.
- Quoted context: Dr. Pratosh at IISc Bengaluru tells students that AI is commoditizing intellectual labour and asks what university education is for if campus recruiting at India's top universities disappears within 5–10 years.
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