'Lucky I finished my PhD right before the total collapse of academia' goes viral
FlorianGallwitz · x · 2026-10-09
A widely retweeted quip — 'Man, I'm so lucky to have finished my PhD right before the total collapse of academia' — captures growing anxiety in the research community about AI disrupting academic careers, resonating across AI circles on X.
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