In the age of AI we’re living in, it has become increasingly necessary to know how to write prompts for ChatGPT in order to get exactly what you need. It can calculate, interpret X-rays, analyze your car’s dashboard and tell you what’s wrong with it, write your thesis, and do countless other things.
For this reason, I believe school will become less relevant in the future. Elementary education—or rather, what is taught in elementary grades—will probably be enough. Critical thinking will become essential to spot discrepancies between GPT’s answers and reality.
I watched my nephew playing a game on his tablet, moving his fingers across the screen with incredible speed and precision—something I could never match. I believe that will help him in the future, in this era of speed, technology, and ChatGPT.
You don’t need to memorize too much or have vast knowledge anymore. GPT does that for you. Of course, old-fashioned wisdom will still have its place for those who know how to value it, but yes, the ability to use technology will make school and formal education less relevant. Knowing a few academic facts that serve no real purpose is useless if you don’t know how to generate a smarter and more professional response from ChatGPT.
Therefore… teach your children how to write prompts—that is, how to ask for something from or give commands to ChatGPT.