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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a poorly written article I am surprised. The kid wants colleges to change their curriculum every time something is demanded in the tech market? Also, how does he expect to be anything but a less intelligent AI system if all you learn in a CS degree is the skills to do CS and none of the theory that goes into development. This reeks of mediocrity.[/quote]

+1. The point of liberal arts is to learn how to think so that you can figure out what skills are needed as the world adapts and different skills are needed. If the author just wants to learns the skills that are relevant right now, they should have gone to trade school. [/quote]

[b]Agree. the author is not understanding the purpose of higher e[/b]d. Trade school-like entry-level tech jobs in "CS" or "engineering" from below average schools are the ones that will be replaced by AI. Harvard and other top schools teach how to think and process on a different level, to set you up for lifetime of learning and adapting to new technologies and creating new technologies (for those in the engineering R&D or startup space). 
Harvard Econ has been a fast-tracked path to top finance careers forever. The fact that the author does not understand that is concerning. Wharton undergrad is in fact a Bachelor of Science in Economics, not a "business" major. Wharton is of course the quintessential fast track to top finance, but Econ grads from the college as well as Econ grads from other ivies or Duke also fast-track into top finance due to being target schools. This author by the mere fact of being at Harvard and studying Econ is already 10 steps ahead of the competition. He presents as fairly obtuse for someone who got into Harvard. [/quote]

The author is a student! The Crimson is a student newspaper! The student doesn't graduate until 2027.  Why are you all paying any attention to a student piece in a student newspaper? Learn to check sources before you invest in them. What is the publication? Who is the author? What axe do they have to grind?  THEN decide if you want to read or not[/quote]

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