Are universities still relevant in the age of AI? Will they continue to provide economic value to students and society in the coming years? Can they SURVIVE AI disruption? Over the past few years, we have watched AI models become as capable as or more capable than humans in most cognitively valuable fields, and many young people today are deeply uncertain about the skills and career paths least likely to be undermined by AI advancements. We have also seen AI enter schools and universities as students use it for homework, projects, and as a learning assistant, while teachers struggle to adapt their materials and teaching methods to this emerging ‘co-learning’ environment. Many watch these developments and declare that universities are dead and that pursuing a degree is a useless or futile endeavor. Maybe not, if they evolve and reshape their mission. In his new paper, “The University after AI,”