Ask HN: Should schools teach typing via complete AI prompts for novel games?
1•amichail•8mo ago
And unlike typing program listings from 80s magazines, typing these complete AI prompts would be educational for all students.
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throwaway519•8mo ago
Why is typing educational?
How to sit, adjust a desk and chair for keyboard, touchscreen, stretching and mobility exercises, yes. But why typing?
amichail•8mo ago
Touch typing is an essential life skill that needs to taught to all students.
It's more important than driving a car.
Moreover, using AI prompts for novel games as content to be typed would also teach students about writing AI prompts and game design.
throwaway519•8mo ago
I can touch type. But I don't get why it's a skill in itself. I get the physio part, but not te typing 8n itself.
Could you explain beyond using A for B would allow people to use A for B.
beardyw•8mo ago
I never learned to touch type and had a successful career, now retired. Not driving would have been a big problem - in fact I got am IT job early on where they gave me 6 months to get a licence or I was out!
Oh, and yes I did start on punched cards, but was soon keying in my own code online 50 years ago.
throwaway519•8mo ago
How to sit, adjust a desk and chair for keyboard, touchscreen, stretching and mobility exercises, yes. But why typing?
amichail•8mo ago
It's more important than driving a car.
Moreover, using AI prompts for novel games as content to be typed would also teach students about writing AI prompts and game design.
throwaway519•8mo ago
Could you explain beyond using A for B would allow people to use A for B.
beardyw•8mo ago
Oh, and yes I did start on punched cards, but was soon keying in my own code online 50 years ago.