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VCFundedGenYer • today at 3:41 PM • 6 replies • view on HN

This is objectively false. AI stunts and reduces the learning process. Banning it is 100% the right move.


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ddj231 • today at 4:36 PM

I’m also for banning it in the sphere of education. First off for much of education the student is not on a quest to discover novel things. But rather to learn known concepts. Meaning the answer is not the point. The exploration of the student is the point. Having shortcut machines to the answer are detrimental.

Secondly it’s unclear whether shortcuts to many “answers” are wholly beneficial in many cases outside the academic sphere. Hence scandals when for example video educators use AI in their material. Or the general push back on AI writing, website design, etc. These answers are being pushed back on.

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altruios • today at 5:04 PM

> AI stunts and reduces the learning process

Mostly agree, but there is nuance to it.

People who engage with problems, think about them, reason about them, can ask AI AFTER that work, to get fruitful results - as in: increase insight. I'll have to find the study I'm referencing (might be a second)...

The issue is that isn't anyone's default mode of interaction with these systems...

mythrwy • today at 4:13 PM

It doesn't have to be naked LLMs where you can just ask it for the answer in an educational setting.

Channeled correctly it could be a fantastic educational tool. And will be in my opinion.

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empath75 • today at 3:56 PM

replace AI with calculators, computers, the internet, _books_ (Plato) and you have the entire history of technology in education..

You are not going to put the genie back into the bottle.

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CuriouslyC • today at 4:31 PM

Maybe if your prompt is "learn for me, make no mistakes"

shimman • today at 3:57 PM

Seriously. Experimenting on children should be considered a crime against humanity, these people are sick and always show how they will betray us with their anti-human beliefs.

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