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The curriculum gap nobody is talking about: AI consumer vs AI builder. Why open source is not only a technical choice, but an educational one too. The employers hiring your graduates are raising the bar. Open source AI has a reputation for complexity it no longer deserves. Spoiler: Open source is not only a technical choice, it’s an educational one.
The curriculum gap nobody is talking about: AI consumer vs AI builder.
More and more universities are adding AI to their curriculums: a new module, a workshop on prompt engineering, maybe a course on the latest tools. It’s encouraging to see academic institutions taking action and helping students stay on track with new technology. But it would be even more encouraging if those same institutions made sure students were being taught to understand innovation, not just trust the output of a new tool.
There’s a difference between using AI and building with AI, and right now, a big majority of institutions are only teaching the first one.
