Being Gen X, my parents would tell us " Look it up! " and we dug into the Brittanicas, some times leading us down different paths of curiosity, now my kids will just ask any number of apps and get an answer in seconds and then on to the next task. Hope our overall thirst for knowledge is not stunted by this new generation of technology.
In the google era it was I have this issue and let me read enough to figure out what to do.
Now it’s I have this issue, please give me personalised options that work for me.
It means a higher level of problem solving / thinking needs to be attached to issue resolution.
On the other hand in the google-way it means one has to be thinking the whole time one is digging around and you get exposed to different things.
In the llm era, the “truth” is presented to you on a platter so you need the thinking skills to dig deep into the solution to figure out if it’s really what you need.
Rather than iteratively thinking through the problem, you have to do it all at once. And that’s a hard skill to develop and it’s also not one that many people have.
Being Gen X, my parents would tell us " Look it up! " and we dug into the Brittanicas, some times leading us down different paths of curiosity, now my kids will just ask any number of apps and get an answer in seconds and then on to the next task. Hope our overall thirst for knowledge is not stunted by this new generation of technology.
I love the framing!
It’s also about letting it be smart.
In the google era it was I have this issue and let me read enough to figure out what to do.
Now it’s I have this issue, please give me personalised options that work for me.
It means a higher level of problem solving / thinking needs to be attached to issue resolution.
On the other hand in the google-way it means one has to be thinking the whole time one is digging around and you get exposed to different things.
In the llm era, the “truth” is presented to you on a platter so you need the thinking skills to dig deep into the solution to figure out if it’s really what you need.
Rather than iteratively thinking through the problem, you have to do it all at once. And that’s a hard skill to develop and it’s also not one that many people have.
Sarah. Such clear concise and actionable stuff.. thanks for the "push"