English Majors Stage Comeback Tour, Usher AI Into Existential Crisis

KEY POINTS

•University of Colorado Boulder offers a class blending applied math and Renaissance studies to teach AI ethics.
•English majors have increased by 9% since 2021 as students seek the 'why' that humanities provide.
•Despite nationwide humanities cuts, creative writing programs like those at Southwest Minnesota State are growing.

At University of Colorado Boulder, English majors dodged the grim 'utility' label faster than a ChatGPT essay detected by professors. Dean John-Michael Rivera co-hosts a sci-fi mashup of applied math and Renaissance scholars called 'Inclusive Interdisciplinary Data Science for All,' which somehow got STEM kids caring about AI ethics. After English majors dipped like 2000's dial-up, they've bounced back 9% since 2021, like hipsters rediscovering vinyl. Meanwhile, Kansas' Jessie Hennen refuses to let AI steal creative writing’s imperfect soul. At Rice University, English faculty doubled because AI essays don't have flair or existential dread. Even scout-sniffers at Korn Ferry admit soft skills now beat coding bootcamps, as AI can write but can’t fake empathy or remember a Shakespeare soliloquy.

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English majors spending years mastering 'why' finally pay off as AI struggles to fake empathy and existential dread. Guess Shakespeare didn’t predict this chaos.

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