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Patrick Jordan Anderson's avatar

Hi Josh, I’m enjoying your ongoing reflections about AI and education. (I really appreciate the audio version, too!)

I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts on Jacques Ellul as you read The Technological Society. The perspective of actual engineers is often conspicuously absent in these kinds of conversations.

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August Niehaus's avatar

I love this set of thoughts. Thank you for sharing with the world.

I work on AI for one of The Big Ones, and I see it as a hammer (albeit a *somewhat* sophisticated hammer). Does everyone need to know how to use it to its ultimate potential? Nah, not necessary. Does it behoove everyone to be able to perform basic household tasks with it? Yes. Would I just hand it to someone and say “wield away!” with no conversation on safety or technique? I sure hope not! Are there other tools that should be in the box alongside the hammer? DEFINITELY.

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