mintApr 16, 2025
can't remember where I saw it but "Using AI in education is like using a forklift in the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you" is a solid quote
Show threadLittle DetritusApr 17, 2025

@barquq
I get the ask.

If I may ask, didn´t ppl say the same about calculators, programmable calculators and the possibility to hand in essays written on a typewriter or computer instead of by hand?

Show threadHisham
@littledetritus @barquq * calculators have you skip the part of doing mental arithmetic -- but you still have to figure out and execute math algorithms
* programmable calcluators have you skip the part of executing math algorithms -- but you still have to figure out math algorithms and know how to program them
* typewriters have you skip handwriting -- but you still have to learn how spell and put sentences together
* word processors have you skip spelling -- you still have to put ideas together
Apr 17, 2025 at 11:32pmWeb
Show threadHishamApr 17, 2025

@littledetritus @barquq so yes, with every tool there's a part you're no longer learning, and a part you still have to do, which is the tool input.

the question for AI then becomes: what is the part that you are no longer learning, and isn't that precisely what you're going to school to learn?

Especially because unlike a calcluator or a spellchecker, AI doesn't give the student a right answer. How can they ever learn how to tell the AI is wrong?