What your kids can do that AI can't?

When we enrolled my daughter for high school at the end of last year. At the welcome event a big announcement was made that the school is now offering classes in coding AND robotics.

The parents and kids flocked like seagulls onto a box of discarded fries in Houtbay.

"I want my child to learn how to code, coding is the future."

Really?

Firstly, more and more development (along with manufacturing) is being outsourced to cheaper countries like India and China.

Secondly, more and more AIs are learning how to code "but is not a threat to traditional programmers"... riiiight, we've heard that somewhere before.

If I were to design a school, I'd have classes on emotional intelligence, empathy, tinkering sessions (thanks Nick), critical thinking, and strategy with a good dose of philosophy, classical literature, languages and yes a basic understanding of coding.

Empathy, EQ, critical thinking and problem solving is your child's biggest advantage. Not coding at 6 years old.

pierre