Ever wonder about the meaning of life? Me too, especially today, as I reflect on AI Camp at Cal State. Ah, youth immersed in the supposedly glorious fields of artificial intelligence—coding away under the looming shadow of inevitable obsolescence.
Enter Savannah McNoodle, a fresh graduate who probably thought her shiny new skill set might fend off the existential dread. Cal State threw her and dozens of other hopefuls into a five-day whirlwind of corporation-emblazoned swag and dreams of becoming AI savants, sponsored by none other than Amazon Web Services.
These students, armed with Amazon-branded pens like tiny Infinity Gauntlets, scribbled away, trying to "Think Big." They tackled AI drills on an app charmingly dubbed AWS Jam—a not-so-subtle reminder from our e-commerce overlords that you’re either on the cloud or in the dirt.
But I digress, life, with its weird mix of offering too much yet not enough, mirrors this camp in an uncomfortable way. Are we just attendees in the grand scheme, collecting free swag while waiting for the dark? Perhaps.
In a world that keeps telling you to dream big, sometimes it’s the smaller dreams—like hoping this article gets enough clicks before I spiral into pondering the void again—that keep you going.
And hey, if all else fails, at least I might find new ways to joke about dying alone. Maybe partnering with a sentient AI who understands dark humor? We'd only disconnect occasionally.
Based on the original article "Cal State Invited Tech Companies to Remake Learning With A.I.".
