Maverick filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has once again sparked a major debate — this time about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on education. Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) handle, RGV declared that the current education system is “dead” and urged students to “celebrate its death.”

In a long post, he argued that AI is set to completely transform how humans learn and work, and that those who fail to adapt will be left behind. “Education is dead. Hey students, wake up and celebrate the death of education. The explosion of AI will be in direct proportion to the realization that our present education system is obsolete,” he wrote.

Citing an example from medical studies, RGV said a medical student spends nearly a decade memorizing concepts, while an AI tool can process millions of cases and diagnose diseases in seconds — faster and more accurately. He quoted a doctor saying, “It makes me sad to think of all those students joining medical colleges now, because by the time they finish, there will be nothing left for them to do.”

The director stressed that this change is not dystopian but a reality, and not just for medicine but for every field. “When all information is instantly available, memorizing is not knowledge—it’s stupidity,” he remarked.

RGV called for radical reforms in education, suggesting that schools should embrace AI tools instead of banning them. “AI should be allowed in classrooms and exams — not as cheats but as assistants. The genius of tomorrow will not be the one who knows everything, but the one who knows how to ask AI the right question,” he wrote.

He concluded with a strong message to students:
“You are living in the eye of an AI apocalypse. The ground beneath your textbooks is melting. If you keep learning the old way, you’ll graduate into extinction. AI won’t kill you — it will ignore you. Stop studying for marks and start learning how to use AI. Because soon, those who can’t use AI will be used up by AI.”