With LLMs and online resources, students no longer need mediocre academics either
caglar_ee · x · 2026-11-04
Continuing the debate on LLMs replacing research assistants, caglaree adds: thanks to online resources and LLMs, students no longer really need mediocre academics either.
The remark shifts the concern from research assistants to teaching itself—suggesting AI disrupts the entire tier of mediocre academic supply, a counterpoint to worries about training the next generation.
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