Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 13:12     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Let's say all the doomsday scenarios are true. If the death of a liberal arts education is on the horizon, I sure as heck want my kid to be one of the last to experience it, before human society spirals into the mental dark age. Worth every penny to me.


A liberal arts education is more likely to survive than areas that are easily automated - CS, accounting, etc.


+1 liberal arts from a top university is the most protected in the future- even AI experts say so.


Nobody's knows. They're all guessing.

Health care seems to be pretty AI proof but that has its own challenges.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 13:12     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:It gave me pause about paying for private high school. Instead we are keeping our kids in public school and investing that money with the aim of giving it to our kids later. It is making our kids think differently about majors/jobs (one had wanted to do CS but has since switched to engineering - although not sure how much better that is).


For my younger 8th grader who we also had apply to private school, I am definitely rethinking this
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 13:10     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:With so many articles coming out recently about how AI is likely going to disrupt the nature of work in the next 1-5 years, does it give you pause on spending so much money on college?

My kids are just finishing up their degrees so it’s a moot point for us, but I was wondering if my kids were in high school right now, would I discourage them from spending money on college right now. Basically let the world settled out for a couple of years and then see if it would be better for them to have that $150k vs a public university degree.

How has the speed of AI impacted your thoughts about college?


Save money on college? Yes.

Skip college? No.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 12:39     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
AI is the MLM for tech bros.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 12:03     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
It gave me pause about paying for private high school. Instead we are keeping our kids in public school and investing that money with the aim of giving it to our kids later. It is making our kids think differently about majors/jobs (one had wanted to do CS but has since switched to engineering - although not sure how much better that is).
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 11:43     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
"In the case of imminent nuclear explosion, cross to sunny side of street"
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 09:58     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Fast food is freely available but I still choose to make my own dinner. As for AI, I prefer to continue to use my own brain to think for myself.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 09:49     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
It’s making me uncertain but since there’s no obvious alternative, it isn’t changing our decision making.

If my child were equally torn between entering a trade or going to college I’d advise the trade but that’s not our situation.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 09:06     Subject: Re:Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:

He is only a sophomore so there is time. He’s already done an internship overseas and has one lined up in Europe this summer.



how much did those cost you? the haves and have nots distinction will continue to matter, as always..
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 09:02     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:With so many articles coming out recently about how AI is likely going to disrupt the nature of work in the next 1-5 years, does it give you pause on spending so much money on college?

My kids are just finishing up their degrees so it’s a moot point for us, but I was wondering if my kids were in high school right now, would I discourage them from spending money on college right now. Basically let the world settled out for a couple of years and then see if it would be better for them to have that $150k vs a public university degree.

How has the speed of AI impacted your thoughts about college?


My kid is 9 years from college.

What am I supposed to do? Tell her she doesn’t have to go to college?

First of all, no one knows what will actually happens with AI. The latest ChatGPT model is kind of a steaming pile of crap. Advances have slowed down.

I have a feeling things will even out, similarly to the dot com boom.

It’s preposterous to think AI will replace all professional jobs. Some careers will be impacted more than others and it’s impossible to predict where that impact will be.

At the end of the day, it’s better to be educated than not.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 08:55     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:Smart parents will rethink the ROI of a degree in an AI world.


AI is ruining society so there's no point in being an educated person?

I don't get it.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 08:34     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Let's say all the doomsday scenarios are true. If the death of a liberal arts education is on the horizon, I sure as heck want my kid to be one of the last to experience it, before human society spirals into the mental dark age. Worth every penny to me.


A liberal arts education is more likely to survive than areas that are easily automated - CS, accounting, etc.


+1 liberal arts from a top university is the most protected in the future- even AI experts say so.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 08:34     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
Anonymous wrote:No.

College has been around since medieval times and my family's been going to college since the late 1800s.

Why would I let rapacious tech bros and their crappy LLMs destroy my faith in the value of becoming a wiser, more introspective, learned person?


Same! No matter what the future holds, my kids are better off being educated and having had the college experience. It about more than just getting a job.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 08:34     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
no
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2026 08:34     Subject: Is the uncertainty of AI reshaping your family’s thoughts about college?
the mental dark age started when millions of people started rejecting facts and embracing lies