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Is using generative AI the newest meta-skill?

I think it can be. Used well, by asking the right questions, it could help you learn new skills more quickly. If AI drives another round of job changes, as it may well do, that matters.

But there's a paradox. Using it can also reduce the very cognitive skills that make you a good learner, so it's worth keeping an eye on how you use it.

More in my post on meta-skills: https://www.ctnet.co.uk/meta-skill-explained/
#AI #GenerativeAI #Learning #Metacognition #PKM

A standard skill gives you one return. A meta-skill gives you a return on every other skill you learn after it.

Learn to read and you can learn from books. Learn to write and you can build a note-taking system that helps you think.

The catch is that compounding works both ways. Leaving a meta-skill undeveloped is a bit like keeping your money under the bed rather than in a savings account.

https://www.ctnet.co.uk/meta-skill-explained/

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