Europeans still study economics, computing
5 months ago
Across Europe, experts and enrollment figures showed that fears of AI-driven job losses did not deter students from economics and computing degrees, while analysts urged a more human-centered response.
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I think this post is spot on and I worry about the current students/recent grads who aren't getting a chance to build up the skills they'll need because critical parts of their development have coincided with the AI bubble.
Everyone keeps saying "AI isn't going away" and no, "AI" as you've come to know it is in fact going to go away.
It's unprofitable and the user experience to date has been subsidized. It will never scale, and it's not getting any cheaper.
And localized fragments of that tech aren't the same.
It's unprofitable and the user experience to date has been subsidized. It will never scale, and it's not getting any cheaper.
And localized fragments of that tech aren't the same.
April 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I think this post is spot on and I worry about the current students/recent grads who aren't getting a chance to build up the skills they'll need because critical parts of their development have coincided with the AI bubble.
Note that this study was not produced by “tenured business professors” at MIT (if memory serves). The media should stop attributing studies to schools (and “labs” that surround them), and quote authors who have to own their work. I found short term productivity losses from AI use. Downsides = real.
April 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Note that this study was not produced by “tenured business professors” at MIT (if memory serves). The media should stop attributing studies to schools (and “labs” that surround them), and quote authors who have to own their work. I found short term productivity losses from AI use. Downsides = real.
'Last month, Tao teamed up with Tanya Klowden, an art historian at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, to explore the implications of AI for researchers and the world at large. They took mathematics as a test case, and urge society to adopt the technology but in a human-centric way.' 1/2
‘The job description is changing’: mathematician Terence Tao on the rise of AI
The Fields medallist discusses how ever-evolving technology is transforming mathematicians’ work.
www.nature.com
April 28, 2026 at 6:55 AM
'Last month, Tao teamed up with Tanya Klowden, an art historian at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, to explore the implications of AI for researchers and the world at large. They took mathematics as a test case, and urge society to adopt the technology but in a human-centric way.' 1/2
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We'll find out exactly how "useful" AI is once companies and users are forced to pay for their actual token burn. When AI costs 10% of your headcount, and may reach 100%, flimsy claims of boosted productivity spouted by boosters and CTOs go quiet.
www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/
www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/
April 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
We'll find out exactly how "useful" AI is once companies and users are forced to pay for their actual token burn. When AI costs 10% of your headcount, and may reach 100%, flimsy claims of boosted productivity spouted by boosters and CTOs go quiet.
www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/
www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/
'They posted a draft of their essay, due to be published in the forthcoming edition of The Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Mathematics, on arXiv1. Nature spoke to Tao about how the technology is transforming his profession.' 2/2 arxiv.org/abs/2603.26524
Mathematical methods and human thought in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the name popularly given to a broad spectrum of computer tools designed to perform increasingly complex cognitive tasks, including many that used to solely be the provi...
arxiv.org
April 28, 2026 at 6:55 AM
'They posted a draft of their essay, due to be published in the forthcoming edition of The Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Mathematics, on arXiv1. Nature spoke to Tao about how the technology is transforming his profession.' 2/2 arxiv.org/abs/2603.26524
“We have centuries of accumulated pedagogical wisdom telling us that the attempt, including the failed attempt, is where the learning lives. And yet, somehow, when it comes to AI agents, we've collectively decided that maybe this time it's different.”
“The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding.”
The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.
On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.
ergosphere.blog
April 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“We have centuries of accumulated pedagogical wisdom telling us that the attempt, including the failed attempt, is where the learning lives. And yet, somehow, when it comes to AI agents, we've collectively decided that maybe this time it's different.”
Ha, and she quotes my indiscrete response to a phone call from @jjvincent.bsky.social some years back too. So it's a mutual appreciation society! bsky.app/profile/lare... #AIEthics #robotRights
"Rather than think of AI as imitating human beings, it would be better to abandon the analogy altogether."
Lisa Siraganian on why our understanding of AI can’t escape sci-fi—and how it might: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/turing-test-artificial-intelligence-blade-runner-chatgpt-sophia
Lisa Siraganian on why our understanding of AI can’t escape sci-fi—and how it might: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/turing-test-artificial-intelligence-blade-runner-chatgpt-sophia
April 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Ha, and she quotes my indiscrete response to a phone call from @jjvincent.bsky.social some years back too. So it's a mutual appreciation society! bsky.app/profile/lare... #AIEthics #robotRights
Did you see the AI-first masters degree being run out of a cupboard with all AI generated course materials which OfStud has just OKed? Report is pure fantasy
April 28, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Did you see the AI-first masters degree being run out of a cupboard with all AI generated course materials which OfStud has just OKed? Report is pure fantasy
#AcademicSky
Academics,
How do you feel about reviewing papers & grants, knowing that they are increasingly written by AI?
Academics,
How do you feel about reviewing papers & grants, knowing that they are increasingly written by AI?
April 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
#AcademicSky
Academics,
How do you feel about reviewing papers & grants, knowing that they are increasingly written by AI?
Academics,
How do you feel about reviewing papers & grants, knowing that they are increasingly written by AI?
@idswisc.bsky.social affiliate @shamya-karumbaiah.bsky.social discusses the research behind AI in education in this new video. Give it a watch here; it's super interesting!:
youtube.com/shorts/robSG...
youtube.com/shorts/robSG...
What does research say about AI and education?
YouTube video by Institute for Diversity Science
youtube.com
April 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
@idswisc.bsky.social affiliate @shamya-karumbaiah.bsky.social discusses the research behind AI in education in this new video. Give it a watch here; it's super interesting!:
youtube.com/shorts/robSG...
youtube.com/shorts/robSG...
by Andrew Yool
Sounds like #AI is not just going to be helping students gain grades they might not deserve - it's also going to be helping professors access funding they might not merit - and give funding panels impossible workloads ...
Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems?
Funders must take action before an increase in submission of high-quality proposals written using AI models makes it impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff.
www.nature.com
April 28, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Sounds like #AI is not just going to be helping students gain grades they might not deserve - it's also going to be helping professors access funding they might not merit - and give funding panels impossible workloads ...