I like this article, but please allow me to share some constructive feedback: consider the possibility that certain observations that sound perfectly valid (like the one quoted below) have nevertheless been true for every generation (certainly mine) since pretty much forever:
"One thing I noticed about my friends in high school and college is that they were always half-assing assignments and quizzes so they could do something that they felt mattered."
You don't say? Of course some people might find that video games are the things that really mattered, but that may be a different topic.
I do appreciate the personal perspective provided here into a generation's experience with AI. But human nature, at least in my few decades of observing it, has actually remained fairly stable (both for better and for worse). Many of the complaints this article levels at education have also been around for, well, let's just say they've been around for a while.
So, I'm left thinking that if AI (or at least the infamous LLMs) had popped up at an earlier time in history, not much would've really been all that different.
I did a brief survey walking thru a major city during school hours. Funny, but I did not find a single person who had cut class to teach underprivileged children robotics or build their nonprofits. Their reasons were far less altruistic. One of us is on a different planet.
I like this article, but please allow me to share some constructive feedback: consider the possibility that certain observations that sound perfectly valid (like the one quoted below) have nevertheless been true for every generation (certainly mine) since pretty much forever:
"One thing I noticed about my friends in high school and college is that they were always half-assing assignments and quizzes so they could do something that they felt mattered."
You don't say? Of course some people might find that video games are the things that really mattered, but that may be a different topic.
I do appreciate the personal perspective provided here into a generation's experience with AI. But human nature, at least in my few decades of observing it, has actually remained fairly stable (both for better and for worse). Many of the complaints this article levels at education have also been around for, well, let's just say they've been around for a while.
So, I'm left thinking that if AI (or at least the infamous LLMs) had popped up at an earlier time in history, not much would've really been all that different.
I did a brief survey walking thru a major city during school hours. Funny, but I did not find a single person who had cut class to teach underprivileged children robotics or build their nonprofits. Their reasons were far less altruistic. One of us is on a different planet.