This is a really important read. Not sharing this to be alarmist, but as a reminder to PAY ATTENTION to what's happening when you're using these tools. Don't outsource your critical thinking. I decided a while ago that I wouldn't blindly do anything on my machine directed by an LLM that I didn't completely understand what I was doing. Does that mean it takes way more time for me to do code stuff that it did when I was just blindly copy-pasting? Yes. But it's worth it because a) I feel more in control and b) I'm learning at the same time I'm doing. And also, we need lots and lots of time to test these agentic models in sandboxes before we start using them out in the world. https://lnkd.in/etPJw5P5
Luis Garrido
2w
The world really needs a full on blitz of messaging reminding people that the opportunity with AI is to assist, boost, and catalyze human ingenuity, not attempt to replace it. Thank you for this Jenny Nicholson
YES. THIS. I created a presentation for my team about how seriously important it is to actively preserve and further our critical and creative thinking instead of delegating and letting our brains get soft. There are professional and personal reasons to care about keeping your brain. Professional reasons: • The ability to handle complexity and sit with hard problems will be valued in a future where most default to having Claude figure out the right problem to solve or figure out how to say it better. Personal reasons: • Delegating hard thinking to these (amazing, awesome, fun, incredible, useful) tools could reduce our ability to remix ideas, think creatively, engage critical depth. To me, that sounds like missing out on art appreciation, missing out on the ability to imagine and make up ideas, stories, art, and invention. • Delegating all/most hard thinking reduces cognitive load, which isn't a good thing for brain health. Critical thinking tasks have been proven to preserve cognitive ability and stave off various old-age dementias. Hashtag bring on the problems and art, please, because I want my old brain to be sharp!
Julia Grant
2w
It is a very important topic! We need to make sure more people know about this before unprepared people start using it. I made a "podcast episode" for convenience to spread awareness. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/julia-grant-pro_cybersecurity-ai-claudeai-activity-7255643191616442368-HbiF?
Eric Fraser
2w
Check the OSWord benchmarks for coding that these latest models achieve, too. Only ~15% compared to ~70% for the average human coder. This makes them more a "demonstration of potential" than a "tool ready for industrial use".
Gen AI Creative Director | Ex Burberry | One Young World Ambassador
2wThanks for sharing. I was hyped about this but just reading this article I’m cooking right down on letting ai control my laptop. And then you think duh, obviously. So worth pausing to breathe and think and not rush into each launch like a headless chicken!