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We can't really say this enough... > Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate. www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...

"... students... are relying so heavily on AI tools that they're no longer learning how to write or debug code on their own." Same thing I heard about kids not learning long division because of calculators or not writing cursive. Who is teaching students how to use these tools appropriately?

Let's play a game, read my paper and tell me which argument of yours it doesn't address ☺️ bsky.app/profile/oliv...

My background is in model validation; I don't support using any tool uncritically or indiscriminately. Every tool assessment starts with defining uses and determining whether the tool is suitable. That's why I asked the last question. AI isn't going away; who is going to teach people how to use it?

You're now doing a mix of this one bsky.app/profile/oliv... Annddd....

This one! bsky.app/profile/oliv...

You are totally right; I am doing that one, because the fact that you claim "the tide can be turned" does not, in fact, prove that the tide can be turned. The Dutch didn't uninvent the car, people still smoke, and there's a vaping epidemic. You don't have to embrace the future, but you can't ban it.

What's your argument?

My argument goes a bit beyond the character limit, but as an example, I might give students an assignment, instruct them to first use AI, then ask them to critique the AI result, ask how they verified the information, what follow-up questions they asked, and how they know their answer is correct.