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fujiyamasan

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8. This doesn't surprise me
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 07:00 PM
Thursday

My first guess when Claude code and others started gaining prominence was that those on the lower end of the development world are going to be screwed (I figured mainly entry level coding and those in India).

That’s probably why firms like Accenture and Cognizant are having their stocks battered. The world where an army of IT consultants came in and billed by the hour is likely dying.

Some of these changes aren’t all bad. It has in some ways democratized skills. We don’t rely on the high priests to show us the way when it comes to technology. With just a little time I can translate ideas to apps or tools. I don’t have to spend tons of time learning a programming language or hire someone to do this.

Note, I don’t believe this applies to education, but the genie is out of the bottle.

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Back to blue books & pens. SheltieLover Thursday #1
This! ScoutHikerDad Thursday #6
Did you read about the 1 Cornell professor who had typewriters brought in for 1 class? SheltieLover Thursday #10
Long before AI, there were online services that offered to wnylib Thursday #13
analogy blaeckfoeoess Yesterday #27
My students must hand write submissions. mr715 Thursday #2
My wife is a professor Diraven Thursday #3
Those who lose to AI will be those that don't embrace it. Melon Thursday #4
This doesn't surprise me fujiyamasan Thursday #8
So it's AI doing the coding with human oversight sakabatou Thursday #19
Yes. They are still responsible for the outcome but don't have to do the labor of coding. Melon Thursday #21
Reminds me a little bit of Neuro-sama then sakabatou Yesterday #32
It could be done before AI came into prominence. To evaluate someone's knowledge that is lostincalifornia Thursday #5
I could easily see blue books coming back into the system again Torchlight Thursday #7
Blue books! senseandsensibility Thursday #9
Really...why? The reality is that the precise skills become less relevant Melon Thursday #11
AI is quickly destroying critical thinking in my students. Coventina Thursday #12
Progress isn't backward. Melon Thursday #15
So you are just going to ignore the studies that are showing AI is making people dumber? Coventina Thursday #16
Are you saying we can put the apple back onto the tree? Melon Thursday #22
Well, they won't be learning it in my classes, and if they use it and are caught they will fail. Coventina Yesterday #23
These are all false equivalancies GenThePerservering Yesterday #24
In some ways it is like the printing press fujiyamasan 12 hrs ago #33
I think it's really a question about the appropriate use of AI in the classroom fujiyamasan Yesterday #26
Maybe this civilization needs to die before we humans can truly progress. hunter Thursday #20
Are you making changes to your curriculum or pedagogy to address this? fujiyamasan Thursday #17
I am moving to assignments that are not homework based. Coventina Thursday #18
I think we can safely say there are more than two possibilities Torchlight Yesterday #28
One issue though.... Mossfern Yesterday #31
AI technology is the new reality of modern life..... anciano Thursday #14
ai worship has certainly brought gullibility to the fore. GenThePerservering Yesterday #25
Here's a good read: Ron Green Yesterday #29
A new age of learned helplessness. n/t flvegan Yesterday #30
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