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EO · October 15 · 19 min

Stanford CS Professor: AI Can Code. That’s Why You Should Learn | Chris Piech

Granola is the AI notepad for professionals in back-to-back meetings. New users get 100% off their first month → https://granola.ai?via=KUzb8Nm Chris Piech, a Stanford computer science professor, created Code in Place to help thousands of people learn programming for free. Here, he makes the case for why you should still learn to program when AI can already do it, why motivation is the hardest problem in education right now, and the one axiom he thinks we owe the next generation. He's also launching Probability for Artificial Intelligence (pai.stanford.edu), a free Stanford course on the math behind AI. *In this episode, we cover:* 00:00 Intro 02:28 Can AI Make You Want to Learn? 07:48 Granola, the AI meeting assistant 08:56 Why Now Is the Best Time to Learn Coding 14:33 Start With This Axiom: The Next Generation Will Be Smarter Than Us EO is a global media brand for builders. We tell the defining stories of founders shaping the future: people who see what others don’t and build what they believe in. Subscribe to EO: https://www.youtube.com/@eoglobal EO Magazine: https://www.eomag.io Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eostudio.official/ X: https://x.com/eostudi0 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eo-studio EO Studio: https://eo.team/ Business inquiries: partner@eoeoeo.net Build what you believe in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Granola is the AI notepad for professionals in back-to-back meetings. New users get 100% off their first month → https://granola.ai?via=KUzb8Nm

Chris Piech, a Stanford computer science professor, created Code in Place to help thousands of people learn programming for free. Here, he makes the case for why you should still learn to program when AI can already do it, why motivation is the hardest problem in education right now, and the one axiom he thinks we owe the next generation.

He's also launching Probability for Artificial Intelligence (pai.stanford.edu), a free Stanford course on the math behind AI.

*In this episode, we cover:*
00:00 Intro
02:28 Can AI Make You Want to Learn?
07:48 Granola, the AI meeting assistant
08:56 Why Now Is the Best Time to Learn Coding
14:33 Start With This Axiom: The Next Generation Will Be Smarter Than Us

EO is a global media brand for builders.

We tell the defining stories of founders shaping the future: people who see what others don’t and build what they believe in.

Subscribe to EO: https://www.youtube.com/@eoglobal
EO Magazine: https://www.eomag.io
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eostudio.official/
X: https://x.com/eostudi0
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eo-studio
EO Studio: https://eo.team/
Business inquiries: partner@eoeoeo.net

Build what you believe in.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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