Andy Crouch: Why Is AI Coming for My College Degree?

Your “Safe” College Major May Be an AI Dead End Could AI make your college degree obsolete while making your plumber more valuable? Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch explore how artificial intelligence is disrupting higher education and the future of work—and why skilled trades and embodied human abilities may be safer bets. They also examine the rise of AI therapy and explain why chatbots can offer useful advice but can never replace human connection, spiritual community, and forgiveness. 02:36 - Declaring Personal Educational Backgrounds 13:26 - The Risk of "Cutting Edge" Education 15:37 - Computer Science: A Good Bet Turned Bad? 19:49 - Advice for Today's College Students 27:11 - The Role of a Teacher in the AI Age 30:54 - What About First-Generation American Students 35:27 - The Value of Skilled Trades 38:08 - The Intellectual Life of the Working Class 42:38 - The Real-World Value of Skilled Professionals 44:26 - What About AI as a Mental Health Tool? 47:35 - The Limits of AI in Providing Human Connection Apply to be Good Faith's next Director of Marketing: https://goodfaith.org/were-hiring-dir... Sign up for The After Party course: https://goodfaith.org/the-after-party... Mentioned in This Episode: Notre Dame’s DELTA: Human Formation in the Age of AI: https://ethics.nd.edu/programs/delta/ Jean Lee Latham’s Carry On, Mr. Bowditch: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812428250?... Jonathan Rose’s The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes: https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-L... Matthew Loftus’ Resisting Therapy Culture: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1514012685?... Good Faith episode 245: When Mental Health Goes Too Far with Matthew Loftus: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... RAND study: Use of Generative AI for Mental Health Advice Among US Adolescents and Young Adults: https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_pu... Ronald Heifetz’s adaptive-leadership framework: https://www.nationalacademies.org/cdn... More From Andy Crouch: Check out Andy’s website: https://andy-crouch.com/ Check out Andy’s work at Praxis: https://www.praxislabs.org/people/and... Read Andy’s book: The Life We're Looking For: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Were-Look... Read Andy’s book The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place: https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Wise-Fami... Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram: Instagram: goodfaithnetwork Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faith Good Faith on Facebook: Facebook: goodfaithpod The Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.