alt Hacker NewsMost people in uni have compulsory humanities courses, so I imagine it's not too hard for them to attribute actions by moneyed interests to boost AI to the furtherance of capital, surveillance, and a widening of the economic gap. The fact remains, though, most of these degrees (with the obvious exception of those specific to current AI/LLM technologies) could have been attained without AI before.
Sure, I do not disagree in the slightest. However, I think degrees, while optimistically serving as a certification of a certain level of understanding/knowledge, also provide a sort of social signal. However, Goodhart's Law is still in full effect, so that does complicate matters a bit.