Professor: why write a PhD thesis if AI beats it in 5 minutes for €1.50 of tokens
FlorianGallwitz · x · 2026-11-08
Florian Gallwitz highlights the mismatch between AI's pace and the multi-year PhD pipeline of grant applications, peer-reviewed publications, and thesis writing. His pointed question: what's the point of a dissertation if the AI available on submission day can produce something far superior on the same question in 5 minutes for €1.50 in token costs?
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