Google AI Veteran Urges Skipping PhDs for Practical Skills in 2025
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A former Google executive argues that traditional degrees, including law and medicine, are becoming obsolete due to rapid AI advancements, which can now perform tasks requiring advanced education, leading to a potential decline in the value of such degrees and a shift towards unique human skills and perspectives.
- Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation Fortune
- An early member of Google's generative AI team says it's too late to get a Ph.D. to cash in on the AI hype Business Insider
- Ex-Google AI engineer says students should skip PhD, claims even AI will be outdated in 4-5 years India Today
- Google’s GenAI pioneer questions the relevance of ‘painful’ PhDs in AI. Says. ‘You’ll move much faster out The Economic Times
- Ex-Google AI Pioneer: Skip PhD, Embrace Practical Skills in 2025 WebProNews
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