Purdue University approves new AI requirement for all undergrads

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64 points rmason | 1 comments | 13 Dec 25 20:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source

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gamblor956 ◴[13 Dec 25 21:48 UTC] No.46258458[source]▶

This is going to be like when all the schools were pushing big data because that was going to be the next big thing.

After more than a trillion dollars spent, LLMs can replace: (a) a new secretary with one week of experience (b) a junior programmer who just learned that they can install programs on a desktop computer, and (c) James Patterson.

That's the bright future that Purdue is preparing its students for.

Yes, AIs will be a huge thing...eventually...but LLMs are not AI, and they never will be.

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ivape ◴[13 Dec 25 22:12 UTC] No.46258661[source]▶

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It's definitely something that won't age well. Kids are going to grow up with many AI friends by the time they get to college.

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1. bigstrat2003 ◴[14 Dec 25 01:14 UTC] No.46259946[source]▶

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If that's the case it sounds like universities will need to hire an army of psychologists to undo the damage that will have been done to those kids. Treating LLMs as a friend is profoundly unhealthy and will not end well.

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