Teaching programming when AI can finish the exercises
By macworks In Quick Takes
The challenge of teaching programming in the age of AI:
Exercises once used to train beginners can now be solved by AI in seconds. It is hard to find tasks that are approachable for learners yet still help them think independently.
Jane Street has reworked its intern training this year. Instead of focusing only on how quickly interns can write code, it emphasizes design, writing tests for AI-generated code, gathering requirements, and code review—pushing interns to understand why code works rather than blindly accepting AI output.
— Jane Street · Teaching in the Age of AI (video) · conversation transcript (summary, not a verbatim quotation)
Exactly right.