If you read nothing else today, read Matt Shumer on AI

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Anonymous wrote:Our entire household uses AI and ChatGPT. It has advanced our careers and helped our teens in school. Schools need to stop penalizing it. They are behind.

For my work in a big tech company, I use ChatGPT constantly and have implemented AI systems across the team. All of tech management is using it, and it's not a secret, it's expected. I even get my hands dirty coding now because I have more time and far less need to delegate when I am ideating or setting direction. AI lets me think, build, and test ideas immediately, without having to go through layers of people.

I used to manage a team of around 45 people with 2 managers under me. I have reduced that to about 25 people with a single manager, and the team is now entirely mid level to senior talent who are comfortable using AI for coding, writing, and problem solving. I have offloaded many processes to AI and built AI driven workflows that eliminated certain roles.

As a result, I have received larger bonuses and raises, which I assume is partly because I now manage fewer people and that budget is effectively transferred upward. At the same time, the people under me feel more rewarded as well, since there is a smaller pool to share and far less overhead.

The same pattern applies to my spouse, who works in a different field. Their boss is consistently impressed and often comments that they are organized, polished, and able to produce strong plans and ideas very quickly. Because leadership does not need to focus on or manage them closely, especially compared to others who are far more demanding, they operate with a high level of autonomy and have been rewarded with promotions.

For the kids, they are building full apps through vibe coding. The technical build is not the focus for them. They care more about business ideas and bringing them to life. Because they are not stuck in complexity, they can come up with an idea or a game, build it quickly, test it, and if it does not work, move on.

For schoolwork, they use AI as a personalized tutor. One size fits all teaching does not work for them. AI adapts to their learning style. My teen even built a flashcard program that pulled directly from teacher notes to help memorize formulas and concepts, using it like a game on their phone.

The reality is that what colleges are teaching today is far too basic. Our kids have already completed most first year college courses through dual enrollment by junior year. They already understand how to architect applications and how to leverage AI effectively. College should not be the place where you are first learning these skills. You should already have them by the time you are fourteen or fifteen. If you do not, you are already behind.

This is exactly why entry level jobs now require two to five years of experience. Employers expect you to know these fundamentals before college, not after. College is no longer about learning the basics. It is about signaling, networking, and refinement.

If you are not using AI, you will fall behind. That is my view. The people with the strongest command of AI and higher-level thinking will prevail and be rewarded with more money and success by removing overhead and routine work.

Did an AI write this?

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I also think teachers and professors are going to also go away, there is no need to have them when AI can be personalized to cater to everyone's style and be more effective.
Teachers are merely doing attendance and chaperone work organizing papers, this is a big change i am not sure they are ready for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our entire household uses AI and ChatGPT. It has advanced our careers and helped our teens in school. Schools need to stop penalizing it. They are behind.

For my work in a big tech company, I use ChatGPT constantly and have implemented AI systems across the team. All of tech management is using it, and it's not a secret, it's expected. I even get my hands dirty coding now because I have more time and far less need to delegate when I am ideating or setting direction. AI lets me think, build, and test ideas immediately, without having to go through layers of people.

I used to manage a team of around 45 people with 2 managers under me. I have reduced that to about 25 people with a single manager, and the team is now entirely mid level to senior talent who are comfortable using AI for coding, writing, and problem solving. I have offloaded many processes to AI and built AI driven workflows that eliminated certain roles.

As a result, I have received larger bonuses and raises, which I assume is partly because I now manage fewer people and that budget is effectively transferred upward. At the same time, the people under me feel more rewarded as well, since there is a smaller pool to share and far less overhead.

The same pattern applies to my spouse, who works in a different field. Their boss is consistently impressed and often comments that they are organized, polished, and able to produce strong plans and ideas very quickly. Because leadership does not need to focus on or manage them closely, especially compared to others who are far more demanding, they operate with a high level of autonomy and have been rewarded with promotions.

For the kids, they are building full apps through vibe coding. The technical build is not the focus for them. They care more about business ideas and bringing them to life. Because they are not stuck in complexity, they can come up with an idea or a game, build it quickly, test it, and if it does not work, move on.

For schoolwork, they use AI as a personalized tutor. One size fits all teaching does not work for them. AI adapts to their learning style. My teen even built a flashcard program that pulled directly from teacher notes to help memorize formulas and concepts, using it like a game on their phone.

The reality is that what colleges are teaching today is far too basic. Our kids have already completed most first year college courses through dual enrollment by junior year. They already understand how to architect applications and how to leverage AI effectively. College should not be the place where you are first learning these skills. You should already have them by the time you are fourteen or fifteen. If you do not, you are already behind.

This is exactly why entry level jobs now require two to five years of experience. Employers expect you to know these fundamentals before college, not after. College is no longer about learning the basics. It is about signaling, networking, and refinement.

If you are not using AI, you will fall behind. That is my view. The people with the strongest command of AI and higher-level thinking will prevail and be rewarded with more money and success by removing overhead and routine work.

Did an AI write this?

i used ai to fix the grammar but all the content is true

[Anonymous]

I don't think we should dismiss people who are paranoid about AI. It's their livelihood and they are worried. And everyone knows we live in a country where if you struggle you may as well drop dead.

Some of us are privileged for whatever reasons and we may not be be affected by AI now or in the near future. We may be teachers, cops, nurses, etc. Others are not and there is strong evidence that at least part of their functions is primed for AI takeover.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pp who works with AI agents - np above is on point. The author is on the inside and frankly doing a public service

Claude skills and cowork has rocked a lot of companies this January. Everyone is sprinting to adopt - it’s not hype or futurist predictions anymore.

This post is such transparent marketing hype. This is all a desperate attempt to make AI happen as these overvalued companies are hemorrhaging money in this silly endeavor.

I’m the np above. Look, I get it, I’m skeptical and lean towards being a Luddite. And AI can do dumb things. One of my co-workers described it as like working with an eager intern who needs to be reined in sometimes. But the changes are real. The improvements in its quality are exponential.

I don’t really know what this means for the future of work, especially for my kids who are still in high school, but this isn’t smoke blowing. Disruptive change is coming.

[Anonymous]

These articles are written by AI salespeople trying to up the value of their own companies.

Regardless, my husband works in construction so I guess I can live off him if my job goes away!

[Anonymous]

AI has been massively overhyped. IYKYK.

But sure, retrain to be a plumber. That’s a field that will never, ever be oversaturated…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These articles are written by AI salespeople trying to up the value of their own companies.

Regardless, my husband works in construction so I guess I can live off him if my job goes away!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also think teachers and professors are going to also go away, there is no need to have them when AI can be personalized to cater to everyone's style and be more effective.
Teachers are merely doing attendance and chaperone work organizing papers, this is a big change i am not sure they are ready for.

Yet there is another forum entirely about how to get Deep Tech into our schools. Most of us want our kids off-screen for most of the day, so they can develop critical thinking skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pp who works with AI agents - np above is on point. The author is on the inside and frankly doing a public service

Claude skills and cowork has rocked a lot of companies this January. Everyone is sprinting to adopt - it’s not hype or futurist predictions anymore.

This post is such transparent marketing hype. This is all a desperate attempt to make AI happen as these overvalued companies are hemorrhaging money in this silly endeavor.

I’m the np above. Look, I get it, I’m skeptical and lean towards being a Luddite. And AI can do dumb things. One of my co-workers described it as like working with an eager intern who needs to be reined in sometimes. But the changes are real. The improvements in its quality are exponential.

I don’t really know what this means for the future of work, especially for my kids who are still in high school, but this isn’t smoke blowing. Disruptive change is coming.

Ok but what ARE the changes? What are the exponential improvements? Where can I look and see for myself something completed with AI that is really mind-blowing? People keep talking about AI doing things but provide no evidence of AI actually doing the thing. This is not coming from a place of skepticism; it’s just a basic question that no one seems able to answer.

[Anonymous]

If you are really worried about this, you should invest in VC funds that invest in AI so you can afford to support your underemployed kids in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our entire household uses AI and ChatGPT. It has advanced our careers and helped our teens in school. Schools need to stop penalizing it. They are behind.

For my work in a big tech company, I use ChatGPT constantly and have implemented AI systems across the team. All of tech management is using it, and it's not a secret, it's expected. I even get my hands dirty coding now because I have more time and far less need to delegate when I am ideating or setting direction. AI lets me think, build, and test ideas immediately, without having to go through layers of people.

I used to manage a team of around 45 people with 2 managers under me. I have reduced that to about 25 people with a single manager, and the team is now entirely mid level to senior talent who are comfortable using AI for coding, writing, and problem solving. I have offloaded many processes to AI and built AI driven workflows that eliminated certain roles.

As a result, I have received larger bonuses and raises, which I assume is partly because I now manage fewer people and that budget is effectively transferred upward. At the same time, the people under me feel more rewarded as well, since there is a smaller pool to share and far less overhead.

The same pattern applies to my spouse, who works in a different field. Their boss is consistently impressed and often comments that they are organized, polished, and able to produce strong plans and ideas very quickly. Because leadership does not need to focus on or manage them closely, especially compared to others who are far more demanding, they operate with a high level of autonomy and have been rewarded with promotions.

For the kids, they are building full apps through vibe coding. The technical build is not the focus for them. They care more about business ideas and bringing them to life. Because they are not stuck in complexity, they can come up with an idea or a game, build it quickly, test it, and if it does not work, move on.

For schoolwork, they use AI as a personalized tutor. One size fits all teaching does not work for them. AI adapts to their learning style. My teen even built a flashcard program that pulled directly from teacher notes to help memorize formulas and concepts, using it like a game on their phone.

The reality is that what colleges are teaching today is far too basic. Our kids have already completed most first year college courses through dual enrollment by junior year. They already understand how to architect applications and how to leverage AI effectively. College should not be the place where you are first learning these skills. You should already have them by the time you are fourteen or fifteen. If you do not, you are already behind.

This is exactly why entry level jobs now require two to five years of experience. Employers expect you to know these fundamentals before college, not after. College is no longer about learning the basics. It is about signaling, networking, and refinement.

If you are not using AI, you will fall behind. That is my view. The people with the strongest command of AI and higher-level thinking will prevail and be rewarded with more money and success by removing overhead and routine work.

Did an AI write this?

i used ai to fix the grammar but all the content is true

i.e. yes, AI wrote it. The content is slop. Ideate on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If things are really as good/bad as he says they are then I don’t see what anyone can do.

I do agree that telling your kids to focus on learning/adapting as a skill vs particular subject matters or jobs makes sense but if all he needs to do is tell the AI “build me an app that does x y and z” then it’s kind of stupid to tell me to spend an hour a day “practicing” with Claude.

It’s very hard to tell how much of AI is inevitable and how much people just want it to be inevitable, but if it is inevitable at the level he is talking about then his advice is basically just sticking a finger in the dike and waiting for the economy to implode.

I am also really curious where these law firms expect to find senior partners and if AI replaces all the junior associates.

They won’t need senior associates because AI will replace them too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pp who works with AI agents - np above is on point. The author is on the inside and frankly doing a public service

Claude skills and cowork has rocked a lot of companies this January. Everyone is sprinting to adopt - it’s not hype or futurist predictions anymore.

This post is such transparent marketing hype. This is all a desperate attempt to make AI happen as these overvalued companies are hemorrhaging money in this silly endeavor.

I’m the np above. Look, I get it, I’m skeptical and lean towards being a Luddite. And AI can do dumb things. One of my co-workers described it as like working with an eager intern who needs to be reined in sometimes. But the changes are real. The improvements in its quality are exponential.

I don’t really know what this means for the future of work, especially for my kids who are still in high school, but this isn’t smoke blowing. Disruptive change is coming.

Ok but what ARE the changes? What are the exponential improvements? Where can I look and see for myself something completed with AI that is really mind-blowing? People keep talking about AI doing things but provide no evidence of AI actually doing the thing. This is not coming from a place of skepticism; it’s just a basic question that no one seems able to answer.

Have you used it? I’ve been using it lately at my work, and it’s doing 99% of my job completely correctly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If things are really as good/bad as he says they are then I don’t see what anyone can do.

I do agree that telling your kids to focus on learning/adapting as a skill vs particular subject matters or jobs makes sense but if all he needs to do is tell the AI “build me an app that does x y and z” then it’s kind of stupid to tell me to spend an hour a day “practicing” with Claude.

It’s very hard to tell how much of AI is inevitable and how much people just want it to be inevitable, but if it is inevitable at the level he is talking about then his advice is basically just sticking a finger in the dike and waiting for the economy to implode.

I am also really curious where these law firms expect to find senior partners and if AI replaces all the junior associates.

They won’t need senior associates because AI will replace them too.

Kind of true. AI for lawyers keeps getting better and better. I could see that, in 10 years, it would also decrease the amount of legal work clients need. You have an increasingly reliable source for market terms and contract alternatives, which should reduce the back-and-forth arguing over silly terms. It's like how it takes 10 times longer to negotiate a contract with an unsupervised junior associate than with a senior partner because you waste so much time on nonsense.