Maybe they should try asking students what they want to earn advanced degrees in, instead of shoving more industry-adjacent AI experience down their throats. Students want to solve the world's most pressing problems, not just the ones industry wants to pay for.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.socialThe implementation phase begins... whereby investigator-initiated research is considered secondary to the whims and political priorities of OSTP and OMB who want to narrow what constitutes science into a limited set of corporate-focused interests while slashing budgets.
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