Not a wrapper of ChatGPT. I mean no cloud AI at all for sensitive data. A different approach: local AI. A desktop app where you can download the open models you want and run them locally. 100% private, no data ever leaves your computer or network. The real question is whether companies would pay for team features on top of that.
I teach my children that code is one of many ways to solve problems, and then I supervise them while they talk to ChatGPT and other LLMs to ask it how to write code to solve the problems that they are attempting to solve.
I’m curious to know your opinions on teaching coding to kids. Is it a good idea given claims around AI taking over programming jobs in the near future? How many parents here would like their children to learn coding?
Not everybody should code -- Mike Rowe's "Don't Follow Your Passion" [0] is a great example explaining why.
That said, I have a son and he's learning coding (I write code for a living). I also encourage him to learn plumbing, woodworking, mechanical repairs, electronics, cooking, cleaning, painting, caring for animals, etc blah blah blah.
He knows what gen AI is and how to access it; he knows it's a tool, a novelty that he uses to goof on his buddies with weird pictures and all that, and I don't believe I'm necessarily teaching him how to shoe a horse while the gasoline buggy is right around the corner (but I guess you never know what the future will bring)
That said, problem-solving, resilience, patience, belief-in-self, consistency, discipline, all of these borderline-woo-woo characteristics of a successful person, these are the things that matter. Your tools are just your tools. 10 seconds in Midjourney or 10 hours in Photoshop will result in the same picture you're trying to clown your pal with. The goal is to get a laugh, not to get a technical critique.
Be careful and judicious with your choice of tools, techniques and styles; be unique and original in your creations. At the same time, don't be afraid of new tech or mediums or theories or ideas. You never know what you might create!
[MORE: cannot edit] We're looking to cut down our Cloud costs, so over provisioning to make up for cold starts is not an option for us. Curious to know how others are in the same situation and how they are handling this?
Plug: in the past, I helped a few companies and OSS devs track usage of their code in mobile apps https://codescout.app/ and provide leads. Happy to chat if this is relevant.
