A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by somenameforme on Monday August 04, 2025 @12:39AM (#44782168)

Of course there's a connection. The most realistic reason people go to college is to earn more money later in life. Nobody would ever voluntarily go 6 figures into debt with the understanding that, at the end of it all, the best job they're going to be able to find is to go serve coffee.

And especially in the era of the internet the concept of college being a necessity to educate oneself is rather plainly artificial, and it's also highly debatable whether the current GPA inflated profit motivated degree treadmills that colleges have turned into is even providing a meaningful education.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by vannevar on Monday August 04, 2025 @01:49PM (#44789182)

>Of course there's a connection.

A connection, yes, but not a feedback loop. A drop in the value of a degree does not lead to everyone panic-selling their degree.

What you're describing is simple ROI---as the return on the education investment declines, people reduce their investment in degrees. But falling tuition does not further reduce the ROI, as in the case of housing where there is a general expectation of appreciation, and therefore, speculation.

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