3 ms·
My favorite teacher in high school was my calculus teacher. He would regularly ask a student to solve a problem or answer a question. Students would often ask
by extragood 3y ago
My favorite teacher in high school was my calculus teacher.
He would regularly ask a student to solve a problem or answer a question. Students would often ask for confirmation as they worked through, and his response invariably was "what do you think?" - whether they were right or wrong.
His explanation for that was "if I tell you you're right, then you'll stop thinking about the problem". And that's stuck with me for many years.
I see that as a major issue we will face as software becomes more capable/intelligent: we'll stop thinking because it can be assumed that the machine always has the right answer. And it's a quick regression from there.