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Angadh Nanjangud
@angadh.com

I‘ve felt similarly obliged to keep up with AI, but suspect most academics I work with are unaware of recent progress or refusing to talk about it openly. Many unis are sleepwalking, but if you’re using newer models then you’d be as grim as this IISc prof. youtube.com/watch?v=N2a1...

youtube.comLec 16 Pedagogy in the Times of AIYouTube video by NPTEL - Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Shriram Krishnamurthi@shriram.bsky.social

People on Mastodon and Bluesky get hella mad at me for getting my hands dirty with AI. But I believe, as a professor, I have an *obligation to my students* to stay on top of what is happening in the tech world. Sometimes I deeply disbelieve in it, like blockchain, so I mostly just read. ↵

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Shriram Krishnamurthi
@shriram.bsky.social

OMG what did I just see here. This is an NPTEL session on pedagogy in the times of AI and the dude just lost it? Looks like he went through 5 stages of grief in ten minutes flat… The vibe in several countries outside the US has felt qualitatively different than it is here.

Angadh Nanjangud
@angadh.com

Hahahhaha. I prefer this to pretending capabilities aren’t wild atm or, worse, not even knowing where capabilities are. No? Maybe things are better stateside where people are cognizant and also just closer to the action.

Shriram Krishnamurthi
@shriram.bsky.social

I do think he's wrong in thinking "keeping up with AI is a full-time job". It can *become* one, but I think then you just thrash around in the swamp. You want to keep an eye open, but also spend most of your time just hunkering down and getting things done. Otherwise you end up in AI psychosis.

Angadh Nanjangud
@angadh.com

I’m on his side on this one; I’ve likely been irresponsible with my time, but I’ve been in LLM-land for a while now. I was dismissive BECAUSE of 18-24 months of long-term but stressful use. Then I found myself in a Cursor hackathon last December and suddenly everything was just.. different.

Shriram Krishnamurthi
@shriram.bsky.social

Oh, for sure. I just felt bad for the guy. It's like he presumably started out with something to say and 10 minutes in was just like "what even is the fucking point". He's way ahead of the curve! Understanding the problem is ~70% of the task.