PhD

also referred to as: phds

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 17, 2019 by Jonathan Hsu · across every show →

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Jun 17, 2019 negative

Opinion

Hsu: A PhD in string theory is the most useless degree

“It's really sort of the most useless topic you can probably get your PhD in.”

Jonathan Hsu Jun 17, 2019 ▶ 3:50 20VC: Why Historical Loss Ratios Are Simply Too High, Why Data Is The #1 Most Important Piece When Evaluating Effective Reserve Allocation & Why Nothing Is Truly Defensible Today with Jonathan Hsu, Co-Founder and General Partner @ Tribe Capital

May 17, 2023

Assertion Contradicted

Mostaque: Chinese tech companies paying $1.2M salaries to AI PhDs

“Certain Chinese companies paying 1.2 million dollar salaries for PhDs.”

Emad Mostaque May 17, 2023 ▶ 15:10 Emad Mostaque: These 5 Companies Will Win the AI War; Why We Need National Data Sets | E1015 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Jul 21, 2025 negative

Insight

Chen: Throwing PhDs at AI training only teaches models to hack benchmarks

“If all you're kind of doing is throwing PhDs as a problem, all you're doing is teaching models how to hack Silly benchmarks and get good at basically the equivalent of SAT problems.”

Edwin Chen Jul 21, 2025 ▶ 41:54 Surge CEO & Co-Founder, Edwin Chen: Scaling to $1BN+ in Revenue with NO Funding · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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