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When doing a math problem on an exam, I would always type in very simple intermediate calculations. Avoiding silly mistakes was part of the reason, but it was a
by morpheuskafka 4y ago
When doing a math problem on an exam, I would always type in very simple intermediate calculations. Avoiding silly mistakes was part of the reason, but it was also so I could look through the calculator history when checking my work and see where each number came from. I would probably be inclined to do the same if I was a bank teller.
Being able to do basic math is definitely good, but I don't think that's nearly as bad as not knowing how to write without an AI. A cashier can reasonably expect to only need to work with a cash register in front of them, but if you can't write, you can't communicate your own ideas. And sometimes in life you are going to need to communicate and support your ideas, not just whatever the AI decides to spit out for that prompt.
- lambdaba 4y agoI agree, but I'm also certain that using an AI writer will actually teach you to write better - like with art generators, you still need to look at the result and recognize it as good/better, and you form your taste by iterating. I'm thinking about this from a McLuhanesque perspective, i.e. how the medium will shape the user, and in this case learning to write by going through large amounts of generated writing is just a more efficient way than the regular way (reading, getting own output graded, etc.).