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It's not a matter of what's possible with individuals today that matters, though. What's important is how AI will change the landscape and make it harder to req

It's not a matter of what's possible with individuals today that matters, though. What's important is how AI will change the landscape and make it harder to require deep expertise. I mean, I think we've plenty of evidence from the past that when someone doesn't develop a skill by themselves, they don't acquire it, and too much automation prevents that development in pretty much any skill area.

verdverm 3mo ago
Innovation changes the skills we need. Has lacking the know how to plow a field inhibited you? Is knowing the quirks of a computer language or technology going to be a required skill going forward? For me, in CS, Ai enables me to focus on and build higher level expertises. Today I think you have to be an expert in a thing to make Ai useful for that thing, and I suspect Ai will enable more people to level up their understanding of topics. Certainly some people will use Ai to learn and others will use Ai as a shortcut. It's not a one outcome kind of thing, like any tool humans have built.
- vouaobrasil 3mo ago
  > Innovation changes the skills we need. Has lacking the know how to plow a field inhibited you? In a manner of speaking, yes. Now I've gotten to a point in my life where some more basic skills would actually be useful in pursuing the life I want to live. The problem is, it's good to know a lot of general stuff for the times when you need to pivot into doing something else. But even in the same field, micro-pivoting needs to be done sometimes and AI also will make that harder because people will develop less manual skills to learn for themselves.
  - verdverm 3mo ago
    > AI also will make that harder because people will develop less manual skills to learn for themselves I'm not sure I agree with this line of thinking. For most of our early learning phase of life, there is a lot oversight and guidance. As adults, we often go to others to ask questions. Ai has separated the expert knowledge from the human meatbody. I find learning of all types easier with Ai available to help me.

verdverm 3mo ago

Innovation changes the skills we need. Has lacking the know how to plow a field inhibited you? Is knowing the quirks of a computer language or technology going to be a required skill going forward? For me, in CS, Ai enables me to focus on and build higher level expertises. Today I think you have to be an expert in a thing to make Ai useful for that thing, and I suspect Ai will enable more people to level up their understanding of topics. Certainly some people will use Ai to learn and others will use Ai as a shortcut. It's not a one outcome kind of thing, like any tool humans have built.

vouaobrasil 3mo ago
> Innovation changes the skills we need. Has lacking the know how to plow a field inhibited you? In a manner of speaking, yes. Now I've gotten to a point in my life where some more basic skills would actually be useful in pursuing the life I want to live. The problem is, it's good to know a lot of general stuff for the times when you need to pivot into doing something else. But even in the same field, micro-pivoting needs to be done sometimes and AI also will make that harder because people will develop less manual skills to learn for themselves.
- verdverm 3mo ago
  > AI also will make that harder because people will develop less manual skills to learn for themselves I'm not sure I agree with this line of thinking. For most of our early learning phase of life, there is a lot oversight and guidance. As adults, we often go to others to ask questions. Ai has separated the expert knowledge from the human meatbody. I find learning of all types easier with Ai available to help me.