Ask HN: What/how are you teaching your kids in the age of AI?
A parent expresses uncertainty about how to teach their children in an age dominated by AI. They are torn between traditional learning methods and the ease of using AI tools for quick results. The parent seeks advice from others on how to balance technology education with fostering creativity in their kids.
- ▪The parent initially planned to teach their child Python and robotics.
- ▪They experienced the ease of creating an app using AI in just one hour.
- ▪There is concern that AI-generated images may diminish children's interest in traditional drawing and painting.
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I've been feeling more and more lost. Had plans to teach my 10yr python, maybe something fun with games or robotics. But then I look around and I see others doing 100x more advanced things using AI.Yesterday I tried google ai studio. 1hr later I had an app on my phone. Its hard to justify the motivation of learning all the foundations and hard stuff, when it's so easy to get to the end result using AI.I've been avoiding showing them that image generation is a real thing, they love to draw and do arts. I fear that that instant gratification will just hook them to do more and more AI images and loose their interest in actual drawing and painting. On the other hand, prompt engineering is a thing, even for image gen.No question that learning to leverage AI is a skill.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Ycombinator.