Anthropic · The Atlantic Technology
An Anthropic co-founder, Jack Clark, recently warned that “the value of more junior people is a bit more dubious
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The popular narrative around CS has flipped to such a degree that some Silicon Valley insiders are now actively discouraging people against the major.
Key facts
- An Anthropic co-founder, Jack Clark, recently warned that “the value of more junior people is a bit more dubious,” as some 90 percent of the company’s new code is apparently now AI-generated
- Such programs already exist at several colleges: MIT introduced an AI major in 2022, and it’s already become the second-most-popular major on campus—behind computer science
- Future students may enroll in new AI-related majors that take the conventional CS major and then layer in more specialized AI training
- Undergraduate enrollment in computer science dipped by more than 8 percent last year, representing the largest absolute decline across any major in several years
Summary
It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Undergraduate enrollment in computer science dipped by more than 8 percent last year, representing the largest absolute decline across any major in several years. Learning to code was supposed to be a ticket to a good tech job. It wasn’t Silicon Valley that spread the gospel of computer science: “Support tha american dream n make coding available to EVERYONE!” Snoop Dogg once tweeted. It’s true that the work situation is more dicey than it once was. One explanation for why CS majors have such high unemployment rates is that they may be less likely to settle for lower-paid roles. None of this is to dismiss the AI threat to software jobs.