Dave, I am literally writing this comment while on a car trip with my teenagers, having just come to a detente over how effed up their world will become, because us "old people" are using technology that will replace intelligence as we know it. The point I was trying to make is that AI isn't going away; they can't avoid using it, but it must be applied in a way that maintains and enhances their creativity, critical thinking, and judgement. But then I wanted to explain how that could happen, with it being so prevalent now in education and literally wiping out entry-level work as we know it, and came up short of how.
We will need to be deliberate about sharpening and maintaining the sharpness of these capacities. That means mandatory humanities education in higher education--ESPECIALLY for the STEM majors. Mandatory unaided tasks for entry level (I realize how hard this will be to enforce in the public sector), and mandatory specialty testing for senior-level practitioners in medicine, law, engineering, any highly-skilled knowledge work. Maintaining skills should be tied to compensation.
The critical component we have to preserve at all costs is human intelligence.
Brilliant piece, Dave. Thank you.
Thank you Brad. Appreciate you giving it a read!
Dave, I am literally writing this comment while on a car trip with my teenagers, having just come to a detente over how effed up their world will become, because us "old people" are using technology that will replace intelligence as we know it. The point I was trying to make is that AI isn't going away; they can't avoid using it, but it must be applied in a way that maintains and enhances their creativity, critical thinking, and judgement. But then I wanted to explain how that could happen, with it being so prevalent now in education and literally wiping out entry-level work as we know it, and came up short of how.
We will need to be deliberate about sharpening and maintaining the sharpness of these capacities. That means mandatory humanities education in higher education--ESPECIALLY for the STEM majors. Mandatory unaided tasks for entry level (I realize how hard this will be to enforce in the public sector), and mandatory specialty testing for senior-level practitioners in medicine, law, engineering, any highly-skilled knowledge work. Maintaining skills should be tied to compensation.
The critical component we have to preserve at all costs is human intelligence.
Jory, I got from your note to Dave's essay, which is brilliant. Thank you.
Great stuff, David - love the thinking and the clear visual explanations.
Thank you Ed! Appreciate that