Should kids still learn to code?

Practical AI: Machine Learning, Data Science, LLM

In this fully connected episode, Daniel & Chris discuss NVIDIA GTC keynote comments from CEO Jensen Huang about teaching kids to code. Then they dive into the notion of “community” in the AI world, before discussing challenges in the adoption of generative AI by non-technical people. They finish by addressing the evolving balance between generative AI interfaces and search engines.

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Featuring:

• Chris Benson – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Daniel Whitenack – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• NVIDIA GTC March 2024 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
• 5 Forces That Will Drive the Adoption of GenAI | Harvard Business Review
• Here’s why AI search engines really can’t kill Google | The Verge

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บท

1. Welcome to Pratical AI (00:00:00)

2. Getting fully connected (00:00:43)

3. Jensen Huang's comments on kids learning to code (00:01:57)

4. Future of AI and learning software (00:04:07)

5. Human & AI partnership (00:06:53)

6. Sponsor: Ladder Life Insurance (00:11:32)

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7. Connecting with the community (00:13:40)

8. Finding good projects (00:17:08)

9. Building a social web (00:20:47)

10. Getting non-techical people to use AI tools (00:22:34)

11. AI is not a search engine (00:32:02)

12. Join our community! (00:37:51)

13. Outro (00:38:33)