Ex–Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation

• Gen Z grads are struggling to land jobs. But pursuing a doctoral degree to stand out is not the answer, warns Jad Tarifi, the founder of Google’s first generative-AI team. Students could end up “throwing away” years of their lives, as technology is moving so quickly. This comes as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ChatGPT can already perform on par with PhD-level experts, and Bill Gates admits AI is accelerating at a pace that surprises even him.

As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoff thanks to AI...