For decades, the PhD has been academia’s holy grail — a symbol of intellectual grit and delayed gratification. But in the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, that long march may already be obsolete. Jad Tarifi, who helped build Google’s first generative-AI team, believes the degree no longer guarantees relevance. In an interview with Business Insider, the Integral AI founder didn’t mince words: “AI itself is going to be gone by the time you finish a PhD,” he said. “Even things like applying AI to robotics will be solved by then. So either get into something niche like AI for biology, which is still in its very early stages, or just don’t get into anything at all.” It’s a startling confession coming from a man who actually earned his PhD in AI from the University of Florida i

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