[defnotahuman]

> I'm not sure if there's much value in learning things like basic SQL queries anymore which was something I had to learn when studying computer science.

I really disagree, a major function of education is to teach concepts before introducing tools. I took a physics class in undergrad that required a graphing calculator, does that mean I wasted years learning all of the mathematical concepts that could be performed by a graphing calculator?

Having an understanding of what's going on is so important, especially when something is broken. If we encourage students to start with AI and not learn the fundamentals themselves, they won't wind up learning how to identify root cause when the tool causes an issue (and ChatGPT is by no means perfect).

[SQueeeeeL]

Obviously it's nonsensical to say students should have access to all tools. In the real world every single idea and fact is easily look up able, but by teaching students to derive known facts gives them the skills to eventually derive unknown facts in the future. But most people have a super neoliberal view of education and pretty much want every American student to be an idiot who just can't think