This was such a thoughtful read. AI's effect on learning is something that I have seen firsthand and personally struggled with at times myself—one of my favorite statistics professors' favorite sayings was "garbage in, garbage out." A lot of people don't realize the importance ethical use and migration of data is in training LLMs in an ethical way. As a proud "vibe coder" (my definition might be different from yours in this sense, Karen!), I fear all of the things you mentioned in this article might harm people who aren't so technical being able to have AI properly help them in tasks in the pursuit of creating a better world.
That’s a great insight, @Christine Olukere. I’m not sure there’s wide agreement on a definition for ‘vibe coder’ ;) I do agree with you that we need to find better ways to help everyone who wants to generate apps be aware of what they’re getting into, and how to protect themselves from painful mistakes. The same was true in the “end user programming” wave, years before LLMs became commonplace!
Such an insightful take, Karen! I resonate with the calculator debate, sometimes I struggle with similar thoughts only the subject changes - for instance using Google to make presentations at my college or completing a dissertation. Earlier it involved loaning books from the library, now that has been reduced to a great extent. Not that I am against it or something but someday I would love to see a research on how human brain evolved post google vs pre-google era.
Charu thanks for your comment! I’m also curious about how our brains have changed with the internet & will change with AI, and how wide the individual variations will be. This seems like a topic Suzi Travis is probably already looking at?
This was such a thoughtful read. AI's effect on learning is something that I have seen firsthand and personally struggled with at times myself—one of my favorite statistics professors' favorite sayings was "garbage in, garbage out." A lot of people don't realize the importance ethical use and migration of data is in training LLMs in an ethical way. As a proud "vibe coder" (my definition might be different from yours in this sense, Karen!), I fear all of the things you mentioned in this article might harm people who aren't so technical being able to have AI properly help them in tasks in the pursuit of creating a better world.
That’s a great insight, @Christine Olukere. I’m not sure there’s wide agreement on a definition for ‘vibe coder’ ;) I do agree with you that we need to find better ways to help everyone who wants to generate apps be aware of what they’re getting into, and how to protect themselves from painful mistakes. The same was true in the “end user programming” wave, years before LLMs became commonplace!
Excellent post!
Thank you so much, Raji 😊
Such an insightful take, Karen! I resonate with the calculator debate, sometimes I struggle with similar thoughts only the subject changes - for instance using Google to make presentations at my college or completing a dissertation. Earlier it involved loaning books from the library, now that has been reduced to a great extent. Not that I am against it or something but someday I would love to see a research on how human brain evolved post google vs pre-google era.
Charu thanks for your comment! I’m also curious about how our brains have changed with the internet & will change with AI, and how wide the individual variations will be. This seems like a topic Suzi Travis is probably already looking at?