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Q&A: Is AI making it harder to learn? What a former executive wants every student to know

When Miriam Friedel started working at Capital One in 2020, generative AI was still largely a research curiosity. By the time she left the company as vice president of machine learning engineering in 2026, AI tools were writing code, building applications and reshaping how people work.

Q&A: Is AI making it harder to learn? What a former executive wants every student to know
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When Miriam Friedel started working at Capital One in 2020, generative AI was still largely a research curiosity. By the time she left the company as vice president of machine learning engineering in 2026, AI tools were writing code, building applications and reshaping how people work.

Originally published at Phys.org

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