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“ChinAI #332: AI PhD Grads are “Unsellable”” by Jeffrey Ding

“ChinAI #332: AI PhD Grads are “Unsellable”” by Jeffrey Ding

Update: 2025-10-20
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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.



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First published:

October 20th, 2025



Source:

https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-332-ai-phd-grads-are-unsellable


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Bar graph comparing instruction time at German and American engineering schools (1893). The graph shows percentages for oral theoretical instruction and practical lab exercises at five universities.  The visualization compares Technical University Wien, Technical University of Munich, Technical University Berlin, MIT, and Cornell University, with each institution having two bars representing different types of instruction time across a four-year course of study.
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“ChinAI #332: AI PhD Grads are “Unsellable”” by Jeffrey Ding

“ChinAI #332: AI PhD Grads are “Unsellable”” by Jeffrey Ding