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I assume "AI workflows" means knowing how to split up a task to create a chain of agents that can complete a specific task reliably. A bit like software develo
by TheOtherHobbes 7mo ago
I assume "AI workflows" means knowing how to split up a task to create a chain of agents that can complete a specific task reliably.
A bit like software development.
- MengerSponge 7mo agoThe problem is that the task you've defined "split up a task to create a chain of agents" has changed dramatically in just the last six months, nevermind the last two years. You're wasting effort and teaching an obsolete technology if you try to make primary/secondary education too topical. Students can learn how to decompose a task and how to think critically without ever touching a Large Language Model.
- coffeefirst 7mo agoAlso when the subsidies go away it will be prohibitively expensive for most businesses, and is probably already too expensive for schools.
- MengerSponge 7mo agoA lot of software products are heavily subsidized for university students because that yields lock-in when they go and get hired. (Solidworks, Matlab, GitHub) Primary schoolers will probably get priced out, and not a day too soon!
- coffeefirst 7mo agoProbably. But the difference is the marginal cost of selling an Adobe CS license, Avid Media Composer, or the other costly software I bought at a steep discount is pretty much nothing. When you discount inference you lose money. Pulling the plug on K-12 on the other hand, seriously, can’t happen fast enough.
- MengerSponge 7mo agoTrue! But Adobe gives cloud compute and some gen AI credits with their edu license. Autodesk does too! They both lose money on that proposition, but clearly not thousands or tens of thousands of dollars per user.