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3abas@lemmy.world 3 days ago“what’s a computer”
Most of these ipad kids are just as illiterate as old people who don’t understand how to switch apps on an ipad. Knowing how to use Snapchat isn’t a skill, they don’t know how how to mount a drive, they are just as susceptible to propaganda and tomorrow’s advanced technology won’t just make sense to them when they’re older.
The__Guy_Fawkes@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well yea, technically anything that computes is a computer. But the children today are still forced to use fast computers at school. I am talking about basic tasks that a 80 year old can’t do today that a 5 year old can do. And yes, I’ve asked the teachers. A lot of kids can’t read at an alarming age.
3abas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I was referencing the ipad commercial where the kids say “what’s a computer?”
Kids today don’t understand the technology any more than kids yesterday understood early computers or kids before that understood early electronics, being able to use a technology product as intended doesn’t mean much, as they get older they’ll stop adopting the latest and greatest that the kids are into “these days” and will get out of touch and be left behind.
A subset of old people will still understand the newest technology as they do today, because that’s what they’re into, not because they simply grew up with it.
The__Guy_Fawkes@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I am not talking about repairing them, just knowing how to use them.
3abas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Again a child knowing how to open Snapchat and playing with filters, knowing how to use TikTok and the current hip lingo, knowing how to install apps from an app store, knowing how to use products as intended is meaningless. You’re grandfather likely understood how to use the technology of his youth, and he struggles with today’s technology.
If you don’t understand the underlying technology of today, you’ll struggle with the presentation options of tomorrow when you’re old.
You don’t have to know how to repair a computer, that’s not my point. Understanding how to repair is understanding how it works, understanding that it’s a computer, understanding the role of storage and memory, understanding how the technology works and not just how to navigate today’s UI shipped by the company that made a particular product.
Growing up with AI without understanding how it works isn’t a valuable skill, on the contrary, it prevents acquiring critical thinking skills.