> For instance, I'm not too concerned about my child's ability to write very legibly (most writing is done on computers), spell very well (spell check keeps us professional), reading a map to get around (GPS), etc

However, I am going to hazard a guess that you still care about your child's ability to do arithmetic, even though calculators make that trivial.

And if I'm right, I think it's for a good reason—learning to perform more basic math operations helps build the foundation for more advanced math, the type which computers can't do trivially.

I think this applies to AI. The AI can do the basic writing for you, but you will eventually hit a wall, and if all you've ever learned is how to type a prompt into ChatGPT, you won't ever get past that wall.

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Put another way:

> So how do I answer my child when he asks "Why should I learn to do X if I can just ask an LLM and it will do it better than me"

"Because eventually, you will be able to do X better than any LLM, but it will take practice, and you have to practice now."