| If you look at the actual ranges on his graphs, the conclusion is a little bit exaggerated, but the basic point is valid. Education systems need to have very strong curriculum about AI use and the necessity of just not using it to some degree to be able to obtain any level of actual literacy or other competency. Actually education should be redesigned to properly incorporate personalized AI tutoring and as part of that effort provide a supportive environment where students don't feel the need to go around it to cheat. If the goal is to communicate and solve problems, the technologies will probably be a huge improvement if we can manage them properly. I definitely do not have the depth of vocabulary that some 18th century readers had, but I am a good problem solver. Probably a more effective problem solver with AI. But kids do need to be trained that they will lose it if they don't use it. If you look at the extreme amount of video content these days and combine that with the increasing abilities of AI video generation, there may be a trend towards more visual (and often more literal) communication. I often find that screenshots or screencasts are important for technical communication. But of course we don't have any visual replacement for the abilities of natural language so I hope we can keep that. We need a deliberate and effective effort in education. But we are rapidly approaching the era where your access to AI and robotics determines your labor productivity. So it increases the existing inequalities. It comes down to the topology of the social networks and how the built environment and belief systems shape that. But the belief systems mostly serve the social groups rather than the other way around. So maybe what happens is determined by group dynamics. Thank you to anyone who read my ramble. |
Some of the wealthiest, most powerful and yes, most productive people of the last decades had no clue how to use a computer or phone, interacting with it through staff.
Remember the folks who were teaching their kids to code ten years ago? How relevant is that today (beyond as a cognitive exercise)? Access to AI and robotics are secondary to other factors. Not the determinative ones, certainly not at the individual level.