The Unresolved Tension Between AI and Learning

This article appears to be arguing that we should learn every aspect of every skill. It has always been useful to have a survey of the past in every field but as more advanced understandings and tools come in it isn't practical, or even possible, to learn everything from the basics up. Do you need to learn how to mine and refine metal in order to work with a CNC machine? How about every aspect of farming in order to be a great chef? A survey of techniques helps and some individuals will deep-dive into various things, but to it is clear that moving forward means focusing on current techniques more than old ones.

There's an intrinsic and uresolvable tension between all digital technology and human agency. What it seems to give, it also takes away. Powerful weapons of war made us weaker. Communication supposed to "bring us together" led to atomised hyper-individualism where we're barely able to agree on anything. Social media destroyed the social. It should be no surprise that the shadow side of machine learning is the end of human learning.