Half of new social science faculty job postings seek AI researchers
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-05
A commentator notes that about half of new assistant professor postings in the social sciences ask for AI research, signaling that PhD students must correctly predict what will be hot 5-7 years after starting grad school just to land a tenure-track job. The rebroadcast mocks the absurdity of demanding such predictive powers.
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