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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #skills, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The risks of integrating AI too rapidly into higher education

    I thought this was an interesting announcement from Surrey. I certainly see the appeal of being able to publicly say you’re doing this:

    Rather than introducing AI as an additional skill, Surrey is undertaking a systematic redesign of every degree programme. This transformation will ensure that, as AI becomes embedded across society and the economy, Surrey students retain deep disciplinary expertise, develop critical judgement, and understand the implications of deploying AI within their field. In a course on voting behaviour, for instance, students are given a simple brief: pick an election, ask ChatGPT to explain the result, then interrogate whether AI got it right – testing its response against established theories of political behaviour, datasets from the British Election Study and published academic research. Students are enabled to identify and explain where the AI is vague or inaccurate, so that AI is not a shortcut but a prompt for deeper analysis. 

    Every student – from foundation year through to postgraduate – will develop applied, discipline-specific AI capability as a core part of their studies. Surrey graduates will be equipped to shape how AI is used, challenged and governed in real-world contexts – ensuring that they remain trusted, capable and competitive in a labour market reshaped by AI.

    What does “discipline-specific AI capability” mean though? My concern is that the current commercial landscape is so profoundly uncertain (given token economics etc) that a masterplan about what capacities to equip graduates with is doomed to failure. You either specify ‘capability’ in abstraction from current tools and risk a lack of practical relevance or you specify it in terms of current tools and risk being rendered out of date when those tools go through a rapid shift in terms of access, resourcing and capabilities. It’s not tenable to do nothing. But I think doing too much, all at once, risks being counter productive by locking in approaches and techniques which risk obsolence.

    There is a stated commitment that AI “will be used selectively and purposefully, only where it improves educational outcomes, while ensuring that core competencies, from clinical reasoning and legal judgement to engineering design and creative practice, are preserved and strengthened”. I agree! But this is work which needs careful learning design, it needs identification of best practice, it needs willing colleagues. It’s a long-term direction of travel, rather than an outcome. I just don’t see how you do it without having an army of learning designs working 24/7 with academic teams suddenly full of time for development.

    #AI #higherEducation #skills #Surrey #tokenEconomics
  2. This ex-Navy SEAL spent 5 years in private equity working 100-hour weeks before building a $9 billion startup

    At just 46 years old, Dino Mavrookas’ career already looks more expansive than most, spanning three distinct roles:…
    #NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #AerospaceandDefense #AU #Australia #Business #careerchange #Careers #chiefexecutiveofficer(CEO) #defenseindustry #Entrepreneurs #Founders #navy #privateequity #skills #ViewfromtheC-Suite
    newsbeep.com/au/887420/

  3. This ex-Navy SEAL spent 5 years in private equity working 100-hour weeks before building a $9 billion startup

    At just 46 years old, Dino Mavrookas’ career already looks more expansive than most, spanning three distinct roles:…
    #NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #AerospaceandDefense #AU #Australia #Business #careerchange #Careers #chiefexecutiveofficer(CEO) #defenseindustry #Entrepreneurs #Founders #navy #privateequity #skills #ViewfromtheC-Suite
    newsbeep.com/au/887420/

  4. This ex-Navy SEAL spent 5 years in private equity working 100-hour weeks before building a $9 billion startup

    At just 46 years old, Dino Mavrookas’ career already looks more expansive than most, spanning three distinct roles:…
    #NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #Aerospaceanddefense #Business #careerchange #Careers #chiefexecutiveofficer(CEO) #DefenseIndustry #Entrepreneurs #Founders #navy #privateequity #skills #UK #UnitedKingdom #ViewfromtheC-Suite
    newsbeep.com/uk/766584/

  5. 🧪 Superpowers vs Agent Skills vs Pocock: three philosophies, one measured bake-off!

    78 min/$34 vs 148 min/$92 — the numbers.

    📖 Read: devopstales.github.io/ai/three

    #AI #Skills #Benchmarks

  6. 🧪 Superpowers vs Agent Skills vs Pocock: three philosophies, one measured bake-off!

    78 min/$34 vs 148 min/$92 — the numbers.

    📖 Read: devopstales.github.io/ai/three

    #AI #Skills #Benchmarks

  7. 🧪 Superpowers vs Agent Skills vs Pocock: three philosophies, one measured bake-off!

    78 min/$34 vs 148 min/$92 — the numbers.

    📖 Read: devopstales.github.io/ai/three

    #AI #Skills #Benchmarks

  8. 🧪 Superpowers vs Agent Skills vs Pocock: three philosophies, one measured bake-off!

    78 min/$34 vs 148 min/$92 — the numbers.

    📖 Read: devopstales.github.io/ai/three

    #AI #Skills #Benchmarks

  9. At 20, what would you rather have?

    - $100k saved
    - a skill worth $100k/year

    #Money #Skills #Career

  10. github.com/mattpocock/skills - Matt Pocock's collection of #LLM #skills. Thanks for sharing your collection Matt.

  11. github.com/mattpocock/skills - Matt Pocock's collection of . Thanks for sharing your collection Matt.

  12. #TorontoON - #Site3CoLaboratory

    " #Site3 #CoLaboratory is a volunteer run #MakerSpace in #Toronto’s west end, at Ossington and Bloor.

    The shop is 2000 square feet and is fully equipped with #woodworking tools, #metalworking tools, #3DPrinters, electronics and more! See our 'Tools & Materials' page for more info and a complete tool list.

    The vision for our organization is to provide an inclusive space that promotes a four step cycle of create, display, teach and inspire.

    - Build and maintain an inspiring space and community that provides members with access to the right tools and knowledge to create anything they can think of.
    - Display, promote, and support member made projects.
    - Teach new #skills through regular events, #workshops, and #classes.
    - Inspire communities to bring their projects to life with our #CollectiveKnowledge, tools, and support.
    - Interested in learning more? Come by Site 3 for a tour any Thursday between 7-10pm!

    Membership

    Site 3 is 100% volunteer run and is a registered Ontario non-profit organization. We are a community of makers, artists, inventors, tinkerers, learners, teachers, and much more. If this sounds like your kind of thing, maybe you should join us?

    Membership Levels

    The membership structure consists of three levels. All three membership levels pay the same monthly dues of $60 plus #HST with different privileges for each membership level. We have a minimum 2 month membership period meaning your first and last month’s membership fees will be charged upon signup ($120 plus HST). Storage lockers are available at an additional monthly fee."

    FMI:
    site3.ca/

    #SolarPunkSunday #Ontario #CoLaboratory #MakerSpace #ToolLibrary #VolunteerHours #BuildingCommunity #Makers #DIY #SharingKnowledge

  13. #Nature: "Is #AI ruining our #skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good"

    ... Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of #physicians and #software #engineers, studies show ...

    nature.com/articles/d41586-026

    #deskilling

  14. Skill of the Week: Spring Data JPA. Никто не знает JPA, даже AI

    Знание и умение разрабатывать на Spring Data JPA — это обязательный навык для разработчика, если он хочет заниматься разработкой приложений на Spring. Этого мы ожидаем и от AI-агента. Удовлетворяют ли наши AI-агента этому условию? Во многом зависит от того, насколько продвинутую модель вы используете. Значит ли это, что Opus 4.8 не совершает ошибок? Совсем нет. Более того, иногда удивляешься, почему еще вчера он настроил связь правильно, а уже сегодня сделал ту же работу, но добавил CascadeType.ALL . В сегодняшнем эпизоде еженедельной рубрики Skill of the Week разберёмся, как, используя Spring Data JPA Skill , научить своего агента важным навыкам при работе со Spring Data JPA.

    habr.com/ru/companies/haulmont

    #aiагенты #jpa #spring_data_jpa #java #spring #spring_boot #hibernate #skills