Well that was probably the most important general skill even before this.
replyPerhaps for managers. But for everyone actually doing something, you used to need technical proficiency with tools. Now AI is becoming the universal tool.
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replyIn other words, communication is an important skill.
reply> I am starting to think that expressing thoughts in words clearly is probably the most important and general skill of the future.
replyWithout question.
AI will be indistinguishable from having a team. Communicating clearly has always and will always mattered.
This, however, is even stronger. Because you can program and use logic in your communications.
We're going to collectively develop absolutely wild command over instruction as a society. That's the skill to have.
How can AI be the amazing thing you say it is, but also too stupid to understand unless you get really good at communicating. Wouldn't better AI just mean it understands your ramblings better?
replyIt's fine if the "rambling" is logically coherent. So the communication ability isn't really about expressing your thoughts eloquently, but just effectively and clearly. Run on sentences and train of thought is fine as long as you are saying something meaningful. But no AI will be able to read your mind and know exactly what you mean by "make really cool looking website, not lame please, also nice colors, not boring". Declarative programming through natural language will become incredibly powerful.
replyIt can't grab out information that isn't there. If your ramblings are ambiguous then it has to make a guess.
replyMany humans are great at their expertise but bad at communicating. How?
replyOn the other hand LLMs are getting very good at understanding poorly constructed instructions as well.
replySo being able to express oneself clearly in a structured way may not be such an edge.
Yes, I agree, but as one of the other comments say, they are not able to read your mind. So even if the structure and style is not clear, you must be able to express what you want.
replyCertainly. I just think "expressing thoughts in words clearly" might in the end turn out to be something different than what we, humans consider clear.
replyFor example long unstructured rambling might turn out to be a non-issue, while as human I would rank such message low no matter how good it is in other informational aspects.
That's true. I feed Codex some very long .md files that I use as a kind of work diary and that are pain to use into something very much usable. Writing your thoughts is important even if done carelessly.
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