This TEDx talk by Scott Hanselman has been shared a lot on BlueSky, and probably other places, over the last few days. I finally had (made) some time to watch it today. It is something I would show early in all my classes if I were still teaching. I recommend it for everyone though.
Technology promised us Community, Convenience, and Creativity. This talk asks the question “Did it deliver?” It’s a good question and the answer is both yes and no. A lot of the answer is up to us. And by us I mean everyone but especially those of us deep into technology.
As CS educators, most of us talk about computing, especially programming, as a creative tool. Does AI help or hinder that? A lot is going to depend on how we teach it and how people use it. Just as social media promises community and connection but so often results in isolation, AI can go in different directions. We’re still early in to the AI “thing” and that means there is a lot of potential for helping move in a direction. What is the direction we want for it?
Just about everything has unintended consequences. Technology is perhaps first among those things. We need to think deeply about how we use it.
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I was talking with Greg Epstein a couple of months ago, author of "Tech Agnostic." Specifically on his thesis of tech as a religion and the dangers therein.
I told him about when I was a young teacher - how I though tech and the burgeoning internet had the ability to connect all of us, knock down barriers, democratize so many aspects of education and life and be a great equalizer. I finished my statement with "boy was I dumb and naive."
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