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I’ve been working with so many students who turn to it as a first resort for everything. The second a problem stumps them, it’s AI. The first source for research is AI.

It’s not even about the tech, there’s just something about not wanting to learn that deeply upsets me. It’s not really something I can understand. There is no reason to avoid getting better at writing.

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[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Calculators dont give wrong answers. But the problem with "You won't always have a calculator to do math for you" was that it ignores the requirement to actually learn the math. If a student is tasked with learning multiplication, using a calculator won't teach them how to multiply. The best math teachers grade based on the work shown, not the answer. AI is being used how calculators were being used. Students aren't doing any work and therefore are not learning how to do anything. Producing answers alone isn't the point of school, even when the answers are correct.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They absolutely do give wrong answers, as in this classic meme that's way off because of floating point:

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

On another note, why the huge difficulty spike between that question and the next one lol

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 11 hours ago

Because it's absolutely not a real paper lol, it's a bait

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

That's true for elementary math, but as soon as order of operations comes in a calculator can only do so much of the work. Maybe that's the compromise? Teaching kids the "correct" way to utilize chat? I have no idea. I'm just gonna teach my kids that if they don't use chat they're going to end up much more valuable in the long run because they can think for themselves