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Axios CEO Jim VandeHei shared a personal letter to his children, urging them to aggressively engage with and master AI, emphasizing its transformative potential and the need for proactive learning in the face of rapid technological change.
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Axios 執行長 Jim VandeHei 分享了一封寫給孩子的信，敦促他們積極學習和掌握人工智慧，強調其變革潛力以及面對快速技術變革時主動學習的必要性。
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Axios CEO Jim VandeHei wrote this note to his wife, Autumn, and their three kids. She suggested sharing it more broadly since so many families are wrestling with how to think and talk about AI. So here it is ...
Dear Family:
I want to put to words what I'm hearing, seeing, thinking and writing about AI.
I'm not trying to frighten you. And I know your opinions range from wonderment to worry. That's natural and OK. Our species isn't wired for change of this speed or scale.
You're living history. Ignoring it would be foolish and self-destructive. I want to urge you to plunge into understanding and using it aggressively and daily, with a mindset of curiosity, awe and clear-eyed discernment.
These experiments shouldn't substitute for your reading of books or deep independent thought. But they should augment it. You will find all three LLMs, once you've fine-tuned your interactions, brilliant at writing, researching, challenging your assumptions, calling out blind spots and expanding on your own ideas, and building actual products. Treat them like the smartest person you ever met, but remember they're imperfect.
I'm deeply worried our politicians, teachers and business leaders are not preparing your generation for this massive hit. There's no hero riding to the rescue. You be the hero. Saddle up and figure out fast how to turn AI into a force multiplier of your dreams:
All of you must figure out how to master AI for any specific job or internship you hold or take. You'd be jeopardizing your future careers by not figuring out how to use AI to amplify and improve your work. You'd be wise to replace social media scrolling with LLM testing.
Plead with your friends to do the same. I'm certain that ordinary workers without savvy AI skills will be left behind. Few leaders are being blunt about this. But you can. I am. That would be a great gift to your friends.
It starts with awareness. So please speed up your own AI journey today, both in experimentation with the LLMs and reflection on the ethical, philosophical and political changes ahead.
You didn't ask for this moment. But it's here — and about to explode across this wonderful world of ours. Don't be a bystander. Be engaged.
📱 Let Jim know what you think: [email protected].
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