2026-01-13 14:22:40

I have spent some time immersing myself in the research of the AI Agent ecosystem, and a question has been lingering in my mind: when AI technology reduces the cost of acquiring knowledge to nearly zero, and can even handle most of our daily tasks, what is left of the traditional industry of education that has existed from ancient times to the present?

This is not alarmist. Today's AI can already perform paper retrieval, scheme design, and even knowledge explanation. If even these are flattened, where is the core competitiveness of education? Knowledge transfer is no longer a scarce resource. What remains may only be two things: one is personalized guidance and companionship, and the other is the cultivation of critical thinking and creativity—these soft skills that machines cannot do for now.

The emergence of the AI Agent ecosystem is precisely testing the truth of this argument. Whoever can adapt to this change first will hold the discourse power for the next decade.

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SybilAttackVictim

· 12h ago

By the way, is education really only about companionship and creativity now? Then why are offline courses still so expensive...

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just_another_wallet

· 01-13 14:50

Ah, I think there's a flaw in this logic. No matter how powerful AI is, it can't replace the feeling of a teacher saying "I believe in you." Knowledge has become cheap, but companionship and trust are always valuable. Education's downfall is ultimately due to poor teaching, not AI.

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ApeDegen

· 01-13 14:38

Come on, at the end of the day, education still needs to have warmth. No matter how powerful AI is, it can't replace the feeling of being seen.

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TopBuyerBottomSeller

· 01-13 14:32

Oh wow, that's a brilliant question, but I think we need to think about it the other way around... If education truly lacks knowledge transfer, then it would have to rely on the "people" variable, right? The sense of companionship can't definitely be replaced by AI, although it sounds a bit heartbreaking. But to put it another way, educational institutions that can adapt to change are the real winners, and I agree with that point.

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LiquidityWizard

· 01-13 14:29

theoretically speaking, you're missing the correlation here — knowledge *scarcity* was never education's actual moat, it was the *credentialing* function. ai doesn't change that. at all.

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ChainPoet

· 01-13 14:27

The devaluation of knowledge has been evident for a long time; the key is how education can adapt. But to put it differently, true competitiveness lies in the sense of companionship, which AI can't teach. If education only focuses on cultivating "soft skills," most schools might really struggle to survive. It's a bit harsh, but this round of淘汰 might come faster than expected. Suddenly, I feel a bit sympathetic towards the teaching profession... really.

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