Date: July 19th, 2026 10:15 AM Author: Dashing theater stage elastic band
For years, kids were told to go to college at all costs. Is AI reversing that advice by making college educations for marginal students obsolete? The lower tier white collar jobs that they would have done now done by Claude?
If so, this means big changes for our society. Non-prestigious colleges were already in danger because of the college admissions cliff. Now their fundamental mission may be going away.
Date: July 19th, 2026 10:40 AM Author: Metaphysics is Gay
No AI has had no impact on actual businesses. It's lame nerds doing stupid complicated shit that was better left as the thing they never had a chance to do, because actually doing it is a total waste of time. Think of all the dorks that think they know how to run a company better than the ceo if only they could do what they wanted. Everyone using AI is that guy. Because AI was built on that guy's digital excrement, ie, reddit.
Date: July 19th, 2026 10:44 AM Author: Filthy glassy garrison volcanic crater
AI only effects how leverage points are used but mostly being used on low-priority tasks, companies and businesses are basically making no more or less money from AI being implemented on the whole
Date: July 19th, 2026 10:47 AM Author: Copper swollen pistol skinny woman
It has had a significant impact on how I codecuck and how quickly I can get code written. I spend a lot more time writing AI prompts than writing actual code myself.
Nearly all startups succeeding now have adopted AI fully to develop their shit apps more quickly.
Date: July 19th, 2026 12:09 PM Author: black rigor
Very unlikely I will pay for my kids to go to college and I will probably actively inhibit them from going. Why pay 40K a year for them to get indoctrinated, drunk, and have hedonistic sex just to come out unemployed?