"No one is harder on a talented person than the person themselves" - Linda Wilkinson ; "Trust your guts and don't follow the herd" ; "Validate direction not destination" ;

June 28, 2026

Why I Declined Reviewing a Course for a Major Learning Platform

 

  • I recently declined reviewing a course for one of the world's largest learning platforms.

  • The content was largely AI-generated, and reviewing it line by line would have required rewriting it from an engineering perspective rather than simply approving it.

  • Content that sounds polished is not necessarily content built from real-world experience.

  • AI can generate explanations, but it cannot replace years of building, failing, learning, and making difficult engineering decisions.

  • As AI-generated learning becomes more common, be thoughtful about where you learn. Experience still matters.


AI Can Generate Content. Experience Still Has to Be Earned.

Keep Thinking!!!