[bawana]

This highlights an unspoken danger of AI. People are up in arms about AI taking jobs in Human Resources, customer service, low level coding, etc. But education will take a massive hit. PhD, masters and even BS degrees will be devastated. Unless an individual has documented real benefits to a bottom line of some business, the CV will be window dressing. The only field that will continue to offer steady employment will be crime.

[lumost]

This does point to one of the problems the article highlights. The US graduates 1385 PhDs in economics for 400 faculty positions. Those faculty positions face global competition. While it's a net benefit to US institutions to have the best tenured professors in the world, the US must also deal with the less than fully employed US PhD graduates.

[SJC_Hacker]

> The US graduates 1385 PhDs in economics for 400 faculty positions. Those faculty positions face global competition.

If correct thats actually a pretty good ratio. In science you basically don't get a faculty position after the PhD, which lasts 5-7 years. You have to do a postdoc. Used to be 2-3 years, now its more like 5-6. To the extent its rare for any new faculty to be under the age 35.

[thfuran]

How is the length of the postdoc a factor? Next year there's going to be another graduating class and again the year after.

[schainks]

What! Tradeskills are clearly in demand and pay great. A good plumber where I live is over $800/hr.

[higginsniggins]

Dont forget the worlds oldest profession.

[matthewfcarlson]

AI girlfriends are coming for that too

[whatever1]

Thank god TikTok and Insta are grooming us already. We will be ready!