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Tutoring assumes the skill is valuable to learn, that there is a need for more people who know how to do it. We don't really tutor people how to write too much

Tutoring assumes the skill is valuable to learn, that there is a need for more people who know how to do it. We don't really tutor people how to write too much assembly anymore, or hand-compile code. So if you're arguing that ChatGPT meets the definition of a tool, or a servant, better than a tutor, fair, but if you're further arguing that that makes it somehow less valuable than a tutor (in this case), I'm not sure I can come along there.

mftb 4y ago
Yea, I definitely wasn't trying to quantify it's value. ChatGPT definitely appears to be proving valuable to people. I was just challenging the idea that so far it's acting in a tutor/instructor/mentor type of role. While it seems like an interesting direction to take these LLMs, so far I haven't observed them doing that.