If it were the absolute end goal for a PhD to continue on in academia this would be worrying.
However because of how academia works with its very very limited number of open professor positions and terrible working conditions until you land tenure, it hasn't been a prime choice for students for a while now.
People who can't be arsed to put in mental effort less likely to stay in field that requires mental effort? Whaat
Among PhD graduates who completed their undergraduate degrees in the United States, those with AI-generated abstracts were 17% less likely to be employed in academia than were graduates who did not use AI. However, using AI made those graduates 16% more likely to be employed in industry than those who did not use it. The authors found that the link between AI use and landing a job in academia was less pronounced for graduates who did their undergraduate studies outside the US.
Expectedly, the title does not reflect the nuance of the article
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Imagine paying for that much school just to make yourself dumber.
Do we even want most PhDs in academia?
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