Aspiring AI researcher asks: why learn anything when AI knows more?
IshanFreecs · reddit · 2026-10-16
A Reddit user aiming for a CS career and eventual AI research PhD posted a long thread about a motivation crisis: he genuinely wants to master math, physics, programming, and AI, but has grown used to asking GPT everything — and the more he leans on it, the more he wonders what's the point when "even basic models know more than I could in a lifetime." He worries knowledge will be devalued by the time he's proficient, questions whether a PhD is worth it, and asks the community how to stay motivated and what to prioritize when models like GPT-6 and Claude Opus 5.5 keep advancing. It's a thoughtful snapshot of AI-era learning anxiety among students.
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