Ask HN: With AI Advancing Rapidly, What Are You Teaching Your Kids?

#1

Post by gfai » Sat, May 03, 2025, 9:15 AM UTC

With how fast AI is moving, I’ve been thinking a lot about what skills really matter for the next generation. As a parent, it's hard to know what will still be relevant in 5 or 10 years.

Are you teaching your kids to code? Focused more on soft skills like creativity, problem-solving, or emotional intelligence? Or maybe just helping them stay curious and adaptable?

Curious to hear what other parents (or educators) here are doing—what skills you’re prioritizing, and why.

Re: Ask HN: With AI Advancing Rapidly, What Are You Teaching Your Kids?

#2

Post by ludicrousdispla » Sat, May 03, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

Analytical thinking, writing software, a foreign language (or two), making stuff.

Re: Ask HN: With AI Advancing Rapidly, What Are You Teaching Your Kids?

#3

Post by scrush » Sat, May 03, 2025, 12:56 PM UTC

ludicrousdispla wrote: post #2

Analytical thinking, writing software, a foreign language (or two), making stuff.

OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs claimed that AI will be able to do 95% of the work in software development in 12 months. Also with LLM the translation problem is considered solved. With these progresses made I imagine software development and new languages are important skills but are easily covered by AI tools.

Re: Ask HN: With AI Advancing Rapidly, What Are You Teaching Your Kids?

#4

Post by gfai » Sat, May 03, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

ludicrousdispla wrote: post #2

Analytical thinking, writing software, a foreign language (or two), making stuff.

Recently, OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs claimed that AI will be able to do 95% of the work in software development in 12 months. Also with LLM the translation problem is considered solved. With these progresses made I imagine software development and new languages are important skills but are easily covered by AI tools.