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I worry for a new generation of young rebellious people thinking: "becuase we can talk to computers, we no longer need to learn to read nor write". and I say t

I worry for a new generation of young rebellious people thinking: "becuase we can talk to computers, we no longer need to learn to read nor write". and I say this as I come to terms with how learning mathematics, as much as I like trying to understand and eventually really understanding some concepts. I am also faced with the grim truth that nobody cares. and that it doesn't matter. it hasn't made a significant difference in my career and I don't think it'll make any going forwards who cares if I understand or thinkg I understand differntial geometry? I have never been anywhere near a workplace setting where that would have made any difference why type when we can just talk?

zamadatix 3y ago
People worried the same thing when keyboards and calculators came out. There it turned out there is a balance between doing everything manually all the time and having a working understanding of how things work that is better. Always doing everything manually or always doing everything automatically were both bad answers but understanding how things work and having played with them while having them automatically calculated for you was a very efficient balance. I suspect such a balance still exists even as AI continues to get significantly better.
jordandearsley 3y ago
(putting down all priors for a sec) In terms of interface bandwidth, speech in + visual out is the fastest we have until neural interfaces come along. So reading, likely going to be around for a while. Writing on the other hand...