In a provocative X thread, Bollywood’s controversial auteur Ram Gopal Varma dismantles the pillars of traditional education, urging a radical shift toward AI readiness. The memorize-to-survive formula that propelled past generations is now a fast track to obsolescence.
Varma recalls an era of info scarcity, where memory was king—doctors listing ailments, engineers drilling equations, lawyers memorizing rulings. AI flips the script, analyzing oceans of data in blinks, from medical scans to circuit blueprints.
He zeroes in on medicine’s endurance test: A decade of study for skills AI automates. With robotic surgeries rising, why doom kids to irrelevance? Poor families bear the brunt, their children offered as sacrifices to archaic altars by uninformed parents.
Educators and guardians resist transformation, rooted in bygone successes turned dogmas. Children pay the price for rewarded docility. Varma’s prescription: Ignite AI passion, sideline rote rituals, and foster independence.
The verdict is clear—abolish the dinosaur system proactively, lest it implodes. Thoughtful planning and relentless effort will shield youth from elder follies. Left unchecked, tomorrow’s leaders will seize control, scripting their AI-powered destiny.