Should kids still learn to code?
04/02/24 • 39 min
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In this fully connected episode, Daniel & Chris discuss NVIDIA GTC keynote comments from CEO Jensen Huang about teaching kids to code. Then they dive into the notion of “community” in the AI world, before discussing challenges in the adoption of generative AI by non-technical people. They finish by addressing the evolving balance between generative AI interfaces and search engines.
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- NVIDIA GTC March 2024 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
- 5 Forces That Will Drive the Adoption of GenAI | Harvard Business Review
- Here’s why AI search engines really can’t kill Google | The Verge
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In this fully connected episode, Daniel & Chris discuss NVIDIA GTC keynote comments from CEO Jensen Huang about teaching kids to code. Then they dive into the notion of “community” in the AI world, before discussing challenges in the adoption of generative AI by non-technical people. They finish by addressing the evolving balance between generative AI interfaces and search engines.
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Featuring:
Show Notes:
- NVIDIA GTC March 2024 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
- 5 Forces That Will Drive the Adoption of GenAI | Harvard Business Review
- Here’s why AI search engines really can’t kill Google | The Verge
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Practical AI - Should kids still learn to code?
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Welcome to another Fully Connected episode of the Practical AI podcast. This is the episode in which Chris and I keep you fully connected with everything that's happening in the AI world. We'll hopefully talk through some of the news, and also keep you up to date with some of the latest learning materials. I'm Daniel Whitenack, I am CEO and founder at Prediction Guard, and I'm joined as always by my co-host, Chris Benson, who is
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