Stanford prof rebuts PhD stipend "injustice" claim: NYC/Bay costs ≠ Moscow/Mumbai
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-09
A debate over whether top-school PhD stipends ($50k) are "too much" or an "injustice." Stanford professor Anshul Kundaje, quoting Ivan Korolev's pushback, notes he was once an international student working campus jobs and taking loans, and that cost of living in NYC, Boston, and the Bay Area is nothing like Moscow or Mumbai. "Preying on desperation is not a serious business model," he argues. The exchange highlights rising tensions around AI-era PhD compensation.
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