MIT PhD student's AI career anxiety blamed on professors training clones of themselves
akbirthko · x · 2026-10-18
jgallen argues that students' anxiety about AI killing their careers is the fault of professors who only train students to become professors. An MIT math PhD student has a million career paths but sees academia as a dead end. akbirthko replies that after a setback she's more motivated than ever to study math for fun.
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