> AI is being marketed as a tool that does not require expertise to wield, so it's unclear to me why you'd think the hype would get more people to go to college.
Because 'marketing' is a communication method intended to maximize sales, not distribute truth.
As to the rest of it, if you want to feed yourself, you're going to need a computer. If you want a job, where someone else feeds you, they are going to need a computer.
Computers are at the core of being able to feed oneself, AI apocolypse or not.
Even the simple act of maintaining a small backyard vegetable garden, to literally feed ones family, benefits from an embedded microcontroller and pumps that release nutrients at the optimal time, in optimal amounts.
The $20 computer is a 10x win after considering material, time, and attention costs.
Which brings up an interesting question ... what percentage of universities use computers to perform marketing in order to increase enrollment ( aka sales ) in order to feed themselves ?
Because 'marketing' is a communication method intended to maximize sales, not distribute truth.
As to the rest of it, if you want to feed yourself, you're going to need a computer. If you want a job, where someone else feeds you, they are going to need a computer.
Computers are at the core of being able to feed oneself, AI apocolypse or not.
Even the simple act of maintaining a small backyard vegetable garden, to literally feed ones family, benefits from an embedded microcontroller and pumps that release nutrients at the optimal time, in optimal amounts.
The $20 computer is a 10x win after considering material, time, and attention costs.
Which brings up an interesting question ... what percentage of universities use computers to perform marketing in order to increase enrollment ( aka sales ) in order to feed themselves ?