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223 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 18h \ on: You are not smart enough to make it. Neither am I. - David Shapiro AI
I don't think "knowledge work" will be gone, as he seems to suggest. I think the barrier to entry will just rise. In the short-run, that means students with current-undergrad level skills will find it hard to land their first job. They may need to go for more schooling / interning, or else switch careers to one less impacted by AI.
In the long run, what it means is that the educational expectation should go up. I'm reminded of this 150 year old MIT entrance exam: #706302. It would be considered fairly easy high school level math these days, especially with the availability of calculators.
Thus, what we consider PhD level work today may be considered undergrad level work a few decades from now.
Thus, what we consider PhD level work today may be considered undergrad level work a few decades from now.
Thus for sure, but I'm hopeful that currents undergrad education will go through a phase shift from memorize-practice-regurgitate to something like ideate-test-produce.
I realize being a bit unfair to traditional education, but I really would love to see a greater emphasis on producing practical, useful work as a form of education. Currently (and certainly in my school years) education felt like a land of doing work that nobody actually needed, but which somehow benefitted me and educated me. Surely every field of study could move towards doing real things, not homework.
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It's a tricky balance to strike. Sometimes, diving deep into what feels like busywork is actually what builds the understanding necessary to do higher level work well, but you might not know it at first.
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