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As a follow-up, I'm also curious if you think coding is still useful for kids to learn, both in terms of innovative skills and preparation for jobs...or will AI
by actfrench 3y ago
As a follow-up, I'm also curious if you think coding is still useful for kids to learn, both in terms of innovative skills and preparation for jobs...or will AI largely obliterate the need to code...
- ThrowAIAway 3y agoI'm not sure why you are being downvoted. This is an excellent question in light of recent AI innovation.
- actfrench 3y agoThanks:) I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!
- codingdave 3y agoLearning to code is far less about training kids to be software professionals, and far more about basic technical literacy. It also has strong correlations to improved performance in school in general because it teaches problem solving, logic, and debugging. In the early years when it first entered schools, even the people teaching it were surprised at some of the positive results - kids approaching poor grades on tests as a debugging opportunity, not a failure, etc. My favorite analogy is to compare coding to writing - do you go around asking "Why are we teaching kids to write if they aren't going to become a novelist?" No, writing is a valuable skill in the world even if it is not your job. Computational thought is likewise valuable, even if you never actually code. AI may change some of its importance and impact, but it won't ever diminish the overall benefits. If anything, it is going to be even more important to have your own skills in structured thinking so that you don't just let AI handle everything for you.