I don’t really get the dismissive comments here. Universities have had gen ed requirements for years, one of which is usually something to do with computers. AI seems to be a technology that will be increasingly relevant…so a basic gen ed requirement seems logical.

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BeetleB 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The problem is the field is changing way too fast. It's almost certain that whatever they'll learn will be outdated/wrong/poor practice by the time they graduate. Just compare with the state of things 2 years ago.

	▲	keiferski 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The same problem is in many fields. I don’t see the issue.

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bigstrat2003 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> AI seems to be a technology that will be increasingly relevant

That's why you don't understand the dismissive comments. The reality is that the technology sucks for actually doing anything useful. Mandating that kids work with a poor tool just because it's trendy right now is the height of foolishness.

	▲	keiferski 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, sorry, but I really don’t have the patience for these kinds of comments anymore. The technology is obviously useful in many scenarios, even if it’s overhyped. College essays, for example, are an area that needs to be entirely rethought because of LLMs.

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UncleEntity 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, I'm still bitter I had to pass a literacy exam to get my BA and that was 28 years ago.

And I just know this is going to turn into a (pearl-clutching) AI Ethics course...

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alephnerd 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

These are the same people who would pooh-pooh teaching Excel and basic coding skills to non-STEM majors or have CS students take ethics or GenEd classes.

AI/ML isn't going to completely shift the world, but understanding how to do basic prompt engineering, validate against hallucinations, and know what the difference between ChatGPT and GPT-4o is valuable for people who do not have a software background.

Gaining any kind of knowledge is a net win.

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hansmayer 9 hours ago | parent [-]

"basic prompt engineering" - Since when has writing English language sentences become nothing less than "engineering" ?

	▲	IncreasePosts 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's more about knowing the tricks to get llms to give you the output you want. However, there's no reason to think any trick would be relevant even in a year. As llms get better, why wouldn't we just have them auto rewrite prompts using appropriate prompt engineering tricks?