How does AI impact my job as a programmer?
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  • deborah@awful.systems
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    7 months ago

    would benefit from delving (!) deeper in library science/archival science/philosophy and their application to history

    Ooh, would you say more about this? I have opinions, but that’s because I’m a programmer now but formerly a librarian & archivist (on the digital side, it’s more common to go back and forth between them; it’s the same degree).

    • zogwarg@awful.systems
      7·
      7 months ago

      I’m afraid my thoughts on the matter aren’t that deep or well informed ^^.

      In no particular order:

      • I grew up in France, and my (probably biased) view, it tends a bit more towards teaching “Literary” subjects, including for engineering students. I think in general this does indeed develop literacy and critical thinking.
      • France has “Professors Documentalist” and we call our school libraries “Center for Documentation and Information” from middle school up, with a few (very) introductory courses on using Thesaurus, Bibliography and digital index cards tools (this may of become enshittified by the availability of google since my time there)
      • I have a small Lexicography hobby.
      • I have a small reading old sources hobby.
      • I think more “Traditional” digital search is still incredibly valuable
      • I think principles predating the digital age are still incredibly valuable
      • The way STEM fields are taught is often focused on “one correct answer”, and i don’t remember that much focus being put on where the sources come from, comparing differing sources, or even any emphasis on how can be certain a given source has been accurately transmitted to the present age in history.
      • I think information retrieval is a vital skill (especially with the enshitification of google) that all fields when benefit practitionners from being more comfortable with (though of course it’s still its own job).
      • I think software engineers in particular, during their education, would be well served by practical examples of reconciling conflicting or uncertain sources, and I think history is a good lens (less abstract vs software).

      I’d be interested in your perspective!