Step 1 Google collects a bunch of playlists. Bard classifies them
as "networking", split by sub-topic (queueing theory, congestion handling,
DNS, TCP/UDP, hardware types, wireless vs wired vs quantum, etc.)<p>Step 2 is for Bard to summarize each lecture and create a
1-page summary of the important points as well as a syllabus of
each course.<p>Step 3 is a use the lectures as reinforcement learning from human
feedback (RLHF) so Bard is able to interactively answer questions
about networking before, during, and/or after the lectures.<p>Step 4 is for Bard to create (or find) github repositories related to the
course as well as the whole subject of networking.<p>So now Bard IS the teacher.<p>Iterate by topic.<p>Step 5 is to have Bard create a "canonical version" of network lectures
that it has self-generated, curated by experts in the field.<p>Now you've disrupted all the Universities.<p>I suspect that a small team could have most of this working within the
next year or two using Bard doing voice recognition in lectures as well
as Bard generated voice, video-from-text to illustrate the lectures, and
even generate and correct homework problems unique to a particular
user's weak areas of understanding based on interactions.<p>Bard could be adaptive enough so that when I don't remember Little's
Law it can dynamically insert a quick tutorial at the point in question.<p>Companies could use such courses instead of resumes or interviews.
You need to show a passing grade for a course in their problem area.
People could easily transition from their current job to another job by
taking Bard courses that target the employer. Everybody wins.<p>Having deep control of youtube puts Google ahead of OpenAI.<p>Skate where the puck is going, not where it has been. -- Wayne Gretzky
There's already nothing stopping from someone from learning great material online already, between YouTube and Wikipedia and OpenCourseWare and all that. And Google already offers a bunch of certifications that employers could use. I've never known a single developer who has one, or a company that's asked for one.<p>IMO the main purpose of universities isn't really even education anymore, but gatekeeping. The commercial sector often uses them as a first-pass filter to get candidates who have shown they can abide by the rules for 4-ish years and put in the grunt work. If it were actually a matter of skill and knowledge, you would be able to placement test your way straight to a diploma... that's not the case. They want you to go through the rigamarole of showing up every day for attendance, turning in all the repetitive homework, etc. It's also training for the industrialized model of work that we have.<p>Sure, some specialist degrees and post-grad programs have actually relevant training for specific fields, but a lot of people don't really work in the field of their undergrads. The diploma is proof that you can check boxes and be a good cog in the machine, not that you're exceptionally skilled or brilliant or anything.<p>What you're suggesting sounds like an AI-powered University of Phoenix, which is already considered kinda worthless. I suspect such a certification from Google would be worth even less.
The printing press didn't do it, the telephone didn't do it, television didn't do it, the internet didn't do it, moocs didn't do it, why would we think ai would do it?
<p><pre><code> I suspect that a small team could have most of this
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Each of steps 2-5 would be an impressive achievement advancing the state-of-the-art. Big "draw the rest of the fucking owl" energy here.
You can just try using ChatGPT/Bard as a college professor yourself today and report results here. My guess is you'll have to adjust your enthusiasm.
Thankfully there is an easy answer to your question:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines</a>