@levie: One of the best things students and colleges can do is not bail on learning and teaching the fundamentals of any given …
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Aaron Levie argues that despite AI's capabilities, students and professionals should not abandon learning the fundamentals of their domains, as experts who deeply understand their craft will be far more effective with AI tools than novices.
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One of the best things students and colleges can do is not bail on learning and teaching the fundamentals of any given domain. AI will trick you into thinking you don’t need to go deep in a particular area, but that’s wrong.
The expert with AI is always going to be far more capable than the novice. Those that can steer AI agents properly, figure out how to evaluate their work, fix their mistakes, and incorporate their work into a workflow will always be the most potent users of these tools.
The experienced software developer that’s built and scaled complex systems using agents outrun someone just vibe coding. The designer that uses AI will build far better products and campaigns than anyone else. The banker or analyst that understands financial models will be able to pull off far more with agents.
Despite some of the rhetoric in the valley that this is less implement now, that couldn’t be further from the case. Don’t give up on going deep in your craft.
Boring_Business (@BoringBiz_): Ivy league kid reached out to me to ask me a few questions for banking recruiting
Middle of the call asks me whether he should spend any time learning DCF and LBO formulas since all of that is going to be done by AI anyways in a few years
We are raising the most AI reliant
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