a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes I was referring to high school grads for that rating, but it really > doesn't matter. > You are right that it does not matter for the problem of AI replacing jobs. However, in a separate issue, you said that our current graduates are "dead last in the world in math and science." I do not think that is true. It is a statistical illusion caused by our high graduation rate. If every state and every country sent 76% of kids to college the way New York does, they would all be far behind the U.S. They send only a tiny elite instead. Which makes them look better. As it happens, they send most of their best people to U.S. universities. Fortunately for us, these people tend to stay in the U.S. The "brain drain" that began in the 1940s continues today, and the U.S. is the beneficiary. I used to work with graduating classes from Georgia Tech., and I saw that. Somehow, the U.S. has managed to capture the creme de la creme talent from every nation on earth. Whatever we are doing right, we should keep doing it. I am reminded of that by the recent crop of Japanese Nobel winners. Most of them either studied in the U.S., made the contribution that won the prize in the U.S., or they are now U.S. citizens. Shuji Nakamura, the guy who invented the blue LED, became an American citizen some time ago. He wrote a book about how angry he was with Japanese society and with the company he worked at. He is much happier in the U.S. So, we do not lack for engineering talent. However, as you say, that does not help the burgeoning employment crisis caused by AI. It probably makes it worse. It is not so much the college grads that will be losing their jobs > (although some like pharmacists etc will.) it is more that there won't be > other jobs to go to. > Yup. Big problem! - Jed
