Tennessee lawmakers just voted to advance a bill turning public schools into immigration checkpoints. The GOP-led Senate Education Committee approved a measure to verify students’ immigration status and bar those who can’t prove legal residency unless they pay tuition—despite warnings that it could cost the state federal funding and violate the Civil Rights Act.
At least three Republicans joined the lone Democrat in opposing it, but the bill still moves forward, setting up a legal and ethical disaster.
The term “PhD-level AI” is essentially a marketing term, though OpenAI’s o3 model has demonstrated impressive performance on several academic benchmarks, including:
2024 American Invitational Mathematics Exam: 96.7% (missed only one question)
GPQA Diamond (graduate-level STEM):
87.7%Frontier Math Benchmark: 25.2% (a significant jump over previous models)
The model utilizes “private chain of thought” reasoning, simulating internal dialogues before finalizing responses.
Despite these achievements, critics argue that hiring a real PhD student would be far cheaper than these AI agents’ $20,000 price tag. While the AI demonstrates high benchmark performance, its ability to replicate doctoral-level expertise in real-world research remains debatable.
