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Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

General consensus in the replies and quotes of this seems to be that the entire concept of "AI skills" is a joke - how hard is typing text into a chatbot, really? I will continue to argue that it's genuinely difficult, and that the challenge in using these tools is widely underestimated

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Sharon Machlis
@smachlis.bsky.social

The ability to understand a problem and communicate/ask questions clearly & effectively is an underrated skill. The term "soft skills" is not a compliment. But those skills are even more important now. People who say generative AI is revenge of the humanities majors are not entirely wrong 😅

Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

DjangoCon rebranded "soft skills" to "professional skills" and have been using that ever since Something I've been enjoying about generative AI image tools is that suddenly having a degree in art history puts you at a big advantage!

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Matt Waite
@mattwaite.bsky.social

Had this exact conversation with my college-age family members yesterday: That art history class your generation of student has been shitting on because it's a gen-ed and no one cares just got *infinitely* more valuable because of image generators. You screw yourself blowing it off.