AI researcher on PhD stipend debate: raise stipends if you like, but acknowledge the budget facts
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-11-10
Continuing the PhD stipend debate, Afinetheorem argues you may have other reasons to raise stipends, but you must acknowledge the facts: in university budgets, PhD students already cost more than they contribute as workers. An opinionated AI-circle debate on academic labor economics.
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