Interestingly in college, I virtually never thought about getting a career. I was just enjoying the process of learning, and the first two years I took courses that looked interesting and challenging without even declaring a major. It ended up causing me some distress when I was forced to choose a major and realized I'd be cramming all the coursework into two years instead of four, but I still loved college anyway.
I’m so glad that was your experience! I wish it were more common to simply explore the universe freely! Tragically, many engineering students are on a strict track with what courses they take and when. And the only way to not be locked into this track is to come into college with dozens of AP credits!
I very much appreciated this post. I also learned a great deal from your video. This week I’ve listened to AI Con and AI Snake Oil in an effort to understand what’s real and what’s not about super computing/LLMs, etc (since AI as a term is an umbrella and offers cohesiveness to a marketing concept). Your post and video were just in time.
I’m so glad you liked them! I think trying to outright abolish AI won’t work, so making students aware of their limitations is needed. It’s like abstinence-only education in a way; if you say “don’t do drugs or else you’re bad“ then all you’ve done is taught young people to lie to you and put them in more danger. Thanks for reading!!
Interestingly in college, I virtually never thought about getting a career. I was just enjoying the process of learning, and the first two years I took courses that looked interesting and challenging without even declaring a major. It ended up causing me some distress when I was forced to choose a major and realized I'd be cramming all the coursework into two years instead of four, but I still loved college anyway.
I’m so glad that was your experience! I wish it were more common to simply explore the universe freely! Tragically, many engineering students are on a strict track with what courses they take and when. And the only way to not be locked into this track is to come into college with dozens of AP credits!
I very much appreciated this post. I also learned a great deal from your video. This week I’ve listened to AI Con and AI Snake Oil in an effort to understand what’s real and what’s not about super computing/LLMs, etc (since AI as a term is an umbrella and offers cohesiveness to a marketing concept). Your post and video were just in time.
I’m so glad you liked them! I think trying to outright abolish AI won’t work, so making students aware of their limitations is needed. It’s like abstinence-only education in a way; if you say “don’t do drugs or else you’re bad“ then all you’ve done is taught young people to lie to you and put them in more danger. Thanks for reading!!