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An overheard anecdote claims an incoming professor plans to spend her $1.5 million fund on ChatGPT tokens and undergraduates

The strategy aims to outperform traditional graduate-led research workflows

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typedfemale@typedfemale#233inAI

an incoming professor told me she's spending her entire discretionary fund ($1.5 million) on chatgpt tokens and undergrads to feed open problems into chatgpt - she thinks this will work better than taking on grad students

12:37 AM · May 30, 2026 · 112.4K Views
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ok but what will she do after the first two weeks?

typedfemale@typedfemale

an incoming professor told me she's spending her entire discretionary fund ($1.5 million) on chatgpt tokens and undergrads to feed open problems into chatgpt - she thinks this will work better than taking on grad students

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@typedfemale which school? (no need to name names, but i am curious what kind of grad students she has access to) and which field?

typedfemale@typedfemale

an incoming professor told me she's spending her entire discretionary fund ($1.5 million) on chatgpt tokens and undergrads to feed open problems into chatgpt - she thinks this will work better than taking on grad students

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