Good Stuff 49 - Why Your Kids should Cheat with AI

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The episode discusses the implications of AI on education and the future of work, advocating for a shift in how we prepare kids for an AI-driven world.

# The Good Stuff, Episode 49: Why You Should Let Your Kids Cheat With AI*Hosts:* Pete and AndyA friend's question about preparing kids for the AI future kicks off a discussion on credentialing, portfolio careers, and why homework automation might actually be the skill worth developing. Pete and Andy argue that software engineering was never about coding—it was about solving problems and encoding answers so you never have to solve them again. The same applies to your business: agents are expensive inference machines, software is cheap. Someone running pure agent loops will get undercut by someone who encoded it properly. Also: Vietnam as a model for post-institutional economics, the Soviet decay warning, and why the best place to be when the building's on fire is outside.**Key Moments:**- [00:30] Episode 50 milestone coming—"we should probably get on to that"- [01:57] Australia diesel shortage tangent: 28 days of reserves, regional stress- [03:41] Friend asking how to prepare kids for AI future—not from fear, but curiosity- [05:28] Portfolio of tools as the new credential: "Go out and build things, show people, don't tell people"- [06:06] "If you came to me and said you built a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Pete, Andy

Topics covered

• AI education
• credentialing
• portfolio careers
• homework automation
• software engineering
• post-institutional economics

Keywords

• AI
• education
• homework
• software engineering
• credentialing
• portfolio careers
• Vietnam
• Soviet decay

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Australia, Vietnam, Soviet

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