Telling kids AI made coding irrelevant kills their curiosity
kingslyj · x · 2026-10-29
bibhasdn quote-tweets a parent wondering whether to teach his daughter C given that "AI is going to make things irrelevant." The reply argues the worst thing you can do to someone — especially kids and young people — who wants to learn to code is to tell them AI has made it irrelevant: at that point you're killing their curiosity with a third-party subscription.
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