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.”