Ramblings on AI and the Future
The famous Five Monkeys experiment, a psychological story about social conformity, came to my mind today. I was thinking that I may need to start coding manually again; otherwise, my brain will deteriorate in the age of agentic engineering. Not all the time, but at least sometimes. So maybe I should code some algorithms for fun. I like to write recursive functions. It is very hard, but once it clicks, it works like a charm. It is also impossible to debug, but with the right mindset, you can tame it like a cobra to music.
So, in the age of agentic engineering, do I need to sharpen my brain by practicing recursion and other coding skills? Does anyone need to? Surely AI can do it, so how close are we to humanity losing knowledge by relying on AI too much? Universities will continue teaching fundamentals for sure, but how much knowledge will get lost in the meantime? Knowledge that does not reach universities, that AI can reproduce, but that people gradually forget.