#Things to consider
- Just as calculators did not replace the need for learning math, AI will not replace the need for learning to write and think critically.
- Technology has tended to make us stronger.
- LLMs can seem more impressive than they are because they provide the illusion of understanding.
- There is no instruction book for AI to refer to. You have to figure out for yourself what its value and limits are. We all learn by experimenting.
- Use AI as an assistive tool, not as a crutch.
- AI doesn’t behave like other software. Treat it like a person.
- Always invite AI to the table. Think about ways it could help with your problems and processes. The biggest issue limiting AI is also one of its strengths: its notorious ability to make stuff up, to hallucinate.
- “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”