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[quote=Anonymous]Why are liberal arts majors so sure that they will be successful in the AI era while STEM majors would fail miserably?

Given that STEM majors have to take approximately one-year worth of liberal arts classes to meet gen ed requirements, what are those three-year worth of classes that liberal arts majors take, that STEM majors don't, that turn liberal arts majors into these super critical thinkers who would complement AI while STEM majors, due to not having taken those classes, all turn into useless garbage? What is the secret sauce?

The bright 4.0 GPA 1570 SAT kid who chooses to major in liberal arts would become a critical thinker with strong communication skills plus ethical judgment, making them ideal in the world of AI. But if the *same* bright kid chooses to major in STEM, four years later all their critical thinking cells would die? They wouldn't be able to communicate effectively nor make ethical judgement? More absurdly, the dim/lazy 3.2 GPA 1180 kid, because of majoring in liberal arts, would all of a sudden outperform that bright 4.0 GPA 1570 STEM kid?

Are we giving liberal arts too much credit? Giving universities too much credit in how they could shape students? Giving innate intelligence too little credit (it doesn't matter what a smart kid majors in, the cream will rise to the top)?[/quote]

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