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Incoming college freshman, CS vs law vs medicine?

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I’m an incoming MIT freshman next fall and am having a quarter life crisis on what to major in or do for my career. This question probably asked a lot so I'm sorry in advance... I have a lot of prior

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I’m an incoming MIT freshman next fall and am having a quarter life crisis on what to major in or do for my career. This question probably asked a lot so I'm sorry in advance... I have a lot of prior experience in CS, and if AI wasn’t happening so fast I’d probably just do CS. I've done some AI research before and have been published at a top conference workshop. But I've been seeing so many people saying everywhere that CS is cooked. I’m scared that by the time I graduate, the CS job market is way too competitive or barely present. So now I’m wondering whether I should be thinking more seriously about law or medicine instead. Those both have their own downsides obviously, but they also feel a little safer long term. I don't have as much experience in them, so I will need to study up more, but I think I could do it with enough time. I have some experience in medical research too but not as much. I'm most interested in CS and AI compared to medicine or law but I do think that law and medicine are pretty interesting too. My parents are recommending law since one of my parents has a lawyer background. Would you still pick CS if you were starting college right now? Or would you actually be considering other paths?
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