Elon Musk says AI will make most skills obsolete — but his kids can still go to college if they want

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Elon Musk at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2025.
Elon Musk says AI may render most job skills obsolete, yet he still supports college for his sons because it offers social growth and broad learning that they cannot obtain elsewhere.

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A history professor says AI didn't break college — it exposed how broken it already was

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A professor says AI didn't cause the crisis in education — it exposed it.

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I'm a single mom who didn't finish college. I struggled to land a job, but I now make 6 figures and have no regrets.

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Audrey Serna doesn't regret her decision to leave college, and she now makes six figures.

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My college kid isn't coming home for Thanksgiving for the second year in a row. I understand school comes first now.

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The author's son isn't coming home from college this Thanksgiving.

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The new reality of study abroad: Higher costs, more politics, fewer Aperol spritzes

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A deflated globe with a graduation cap on in the foreground as Donald Trump walks away in the background

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I'm 57, have kids in college, and I'm also a grandma. People sometimes don't believe me.

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The author has two kids in college and an older one who has two kids of his own.

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I'm a high school senior applying to over 20 colleges. I'm ignoring classic advice and don't care about appearing well-rounded.

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The author is a high schooler applying to colleges.

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I'm a mom of 5 and spent years doing everything for my kids. One of them told me he needed to make his own mistakes.

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I'm an empty nester. As a single parent, the shift feels lonely.

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The author with her two kids during Christmas 2024.
The author is a single parent and, for the first time, now an empty nester.

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I teach at the same college where I earned my bachelor's. It's weird being on this side of the classroom.

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The author is now a teacher at her college.

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