heyWhatsayMar 14

Professors Say AI Is Destroying Their Students' Ability to Think

https://slrpnk.net/post/35298897

Professors Say AI Is Destroying Their Students' Ability to Think - SLRPNK

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Show threadtheBATCLAMMar 14

It’s absolutely terrifying. I am a returning student to uni in my thirties and the only person not using any AI. They literally depend on it.

I just had a classmate the other day turn to me, frustrated, saying “You ever ask chat(gpt) a question and it gives you a whole, like, paragraph you then have to read? like, why can’t it simplify it?”

So yeah, even reading paragraphs is too much for these people. Future workforce is fucking cooked.

Show threadstolyMar 14
I’m almost 50 doing a doctorate in engineering. ChatGPT is very helpful to do homework but won’t really teach you to do things. That said, I’m very glad to have it because this program would be so much harder without something to check my answers and understanding.
Show threadhexagonwinMar 14
…except that it doesn’t really “check your answers and understanding”…
Show threadstolyMar 14
Sure it does. It’s a calculator and can tell me if I did my statistics homework correctly. I can also ask it to summarize a concept I find difficult.
Show threadraspberriesareyummyMar 14
With that naivety you are setting yourself up for failure.
Show threadvisch
How old are you and what doctorates do you have? Calling this 50yo naive with the 2 sentences of context is pretty wild.
Mar 14 at 11:30pmWeb
Show threadraspberriesareyummyMar 15

How old are you and what doctorates do you have?

We’re not in a dick-swinging contest here. At least I am not :) What a dumb way to deflect from the point I am making. If you have any understanding of the matter, you know that LLMs are only statistically accurate, and mathematically, that is useless.