But it is not just future AI programmers who stand to benefit from honing their cognitive skills in higher ed. It is the whole spectrum of knowledge workers from lawyers and doctors to teachers, managers, marketers, artists, and architects that will still need to use their brains to be creative and think critically. Yes, some circumscribed tasks in these jobs will devolve to AI, just as financial accounting has been largely outsourced to the proto-AI of Excel spreadsheets. But all of these jobs will still require and increasingly rely on the thinking skills taught in college. If someone is inclined to cheat with AI in college, it doesn't bode well for their future success in these kinds of careers.
