Musk's comments reflect upon what is wrong with our education system. Exams are about assessing students' ability to regurgitate what they have had to read / study. When you look at the typical exam, you'll notice that creativity and synthesis from first principles is rarely tested.
Musk claiming AI being at a PhD level reveals that he has absolutely no idea as to what gaining a PhD entails. In summary: A significant contribution to the body of knowledge. The antithesis of what can be determined by regurgitating what has already been written about any topic.
rijoja•5h ago
There's a problem with incentives here probably, if universities get paid for the amount of people they crank out, this sounds like a natural consequence, doesn't it?
JohnFen•5h ago
> Musk claiming AI being at a PhD level reveals that he has absolutely no idea as to what gaining a PhD entails.
Or, more likely, he's just lying as usual.
rsynnott•6h ago
... I mean what is that even supposed to mean?
jfengel•2h ago
It means Musk doesn't have a PhD, or any idea what it actually signifies.
red-iron-pine•1h ago
"this is a really good product, give me money, and ignore all of the nazi stuff it spews"
GianFabien•9h ago
Musk claiming AI being at a PhD level reveals that he has absolutely no idea as to what gaining a PhD entails. In summary: A significant contribution to the body of knowledge. The antithesis of what can be determined by regurgitating what has already been written about any topic.
rijoja•5h ago
JohnFen•5h ago
Or, more likely, he's just lying as usual.