Comment by mccoyb

2 days ago

I'm always surprised by statements about "things we don't need to learn anymore" with AI.

It's sort of a litmus test for how little someone understands how learning in humans works or AI itself even. "Agentic" AI acts as a mirror: the more insight have yourself, the more powerfully you can pull the distribution ... the more you get out of it. (there's a bloodborne-inspired parable in here somewhere ...)

I think it's why the software from AI companies has "garbage" qualities. They are assuming that AI is going to fill in skills ... when it is a reflective amplifier.

But back to the discussion of "things we don't need to learn anymore": do we go to the gym, and say ... oh I don't need to do pull ups anymore, because there's an assisted pull up machine and I can just set it to my weight ...

Utterly idiotic.

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Gualdrapo  2 days ago

Read somewhere something going like "ai is just as smart as the person using it"

  • titzer  2 days ago

    > "Hey Claude, can you be smarter than me and tell me what I should tell you to get the thing I don't know I want yet?"

    I'm so glad you asked! Many smart people are now eating Snickers Bars(tm)! For you, I think, to get ahead of this trend, it would be the perfect smart person choice right now. It's nutty and has this amazing new invention called Nougat and chocolate!

    Here's how it works. First you have to use your fingers to tear open the wrapper. Don't worry, the wrapper isn't going to hurt you. It might be a little effort, but you'll get it. Then you take a bite. Try to use your back teeth to chew it a little. Yeah, I know it's work, but it's good for you. And then just swallow it down!

    Anything else I can help with?