Musk: AI will make skills obsolete, but college still has social value

""AI and robotics is a supersonic tsunami. This is really going to be the most radical change that we've ever seen,""

""My prediction is, in less than 20 years, working will be optional. Working at all will be optional,""

""They agree that AI will probably make their skills unnecessary in the future, but they still want to go to college.""

""If you want to go to college for social reasons, I think that's a reason to go - to be around people your own age in a learning environment,""

AI and robotics will transform society so dramatically that most current job skills could become unnecessary within two decades, potentially making traditional paid work optional. Technologically adept young people anticipate rapid skill obsolescence yet still plan to attend college for social development and broad learning. Higher education is framed more as a social environment providing peer interaction and multidisciplinary exposure than solely as vocational training. Advisors urge development of critical thinking, leadership, and human-centered capabilities that AI cannot easily replicate, and recommend adaptable, cross-disciplinary study to remain relevant in an AI-driven economy.

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