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AI help can be giving hints instead of completely solving a problem for you.
by amichail 2y ago
AI help can be giving hints instead of completely solving a problem for you.
- PaulHoule 2y agoBack when I was a T.A. in physics I'd be rich if I had a nickel for every time somebody told me "I understand the concepts but I just can't do the problem" and then, when I worked with them to debug their answer, found that they really got the concepts backwards. One big theme I see is that people want something emotionally out of physics that it just can't give and if you are misaligned on these you are going to accomplish nothing even if you can do the math: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Causes-beyond-Physics-Streater/dp/3540365818 https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Causes-beyond-Physics-Streater/d...
- NetworkPerson 2y agoEven to the extent of giving hints, you create an unhealthy learning environment. “You have the potential of being smarter (higher IQ), so no help for you. Go figure it out yourself because we’re fairly sure you can.” vs “Oh you poor dumb fool. You’re obviously never going to be capable of supporting yourself so we’ll make sure to carry you there with these extra handicaps. Don’t worry about trying to work harder, we don’t think you can.” Over dramatized but you get the point. One group is mad about the support the other gets. And that other group loses incentive to really try for things since the solutions, or at least the paths to them, are always sitting there waiting.
- amichail 2y agoIf the level of AI help is inversely proportional to your current GPA (instead of IQ), then perhaps this issue will be addressed? If you want your GPA to have a lower AI help associated with it, then you will try harder.