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I hate that people think this. AI is a superfast internet search. Imagine if you had that growing up. Instant access to any information with a professorial le

I hate that people think this. AI is a superfast internet search. Imagine if you had that growing up. Instant access to any information with a professorial level of teaching and you could ask any question to clear up any confusion? Our kids are going to be smarter than we could even imagine because getting access to any information they can imagine is instant taught by a perfect tutor.

000ooo000 10mo ago
There's value in the struggle, learning what questions to ask, handling the questions following a question, articulating what it is that you want to know, learning how to have an exchange of information with another human being, and being civil about it. If you honestly think that replacing this growth with a paywalled, corporate chatbot that has been known to convince people to kill themselves will be a boon for society, I'm not sure what to tell you.
- the_real_cher 10mo ago
  > handling the questions following a question, articulating what it is that you want to know AI is amazing at exactly this. It can answer any question, go into any level of detail, go as fast or slow as you want, or complicated or simple as you want, and present it to you how you best learn things. Truly amazing for reducing the barriers to learning. > how to have an exchange with other human beings and be civil about it Seems like that's your parents job to teach you that. lol
GeoAtreides 10mo ago
It's not search. When I (re)search a certain topic, I curate a list of books, I read the table of contents, I skim the pages, I compare the texts. When I ask the AI about something, I get an answer.
- the_real_cher 10mo ago
  There's still a place for books and learning a subject deeply imo AI is amazing in that it can both teach you, give you examples, help you work on projects, etc etc c
bunnybomb2 10mo ago
I kind of both agree and disagree with this point. Ive gotten into 3+ new engineering projects all because of AI. My entire life I only dreamed of the inventions I didnt have technical knowledge or time to complete. I would have never been able to do that 3-4 years ago. I need an AI to dumb it down for me. It makes intimidating learning curves, do-able. Call me stupid, or smart, it doesnt really matter. AI is not a substitute for books.. but it is a clear gift for humanity. Especially the lazy humans (Me.)
- the_real_cher 10mo ago
  This is exactly how I feel. It's giving me exactly what I've always wanted: the ability to acquire information as rapidly as I can think. No more searching through stack overflow for an hour to find some esoteric semantics. The frustrating internet searches are few and far between now.

000ooo000 10mo ago

There's value in the struggle, learning what questions to ask, handling the questions following a question, articulating what it is that you want to know, learning how to have an exchange of information with another human being, and being civil about it. If you honestly think that replacing this growth with a paywalled, corporate chatbot that has been known to convince people to kill themselves will be a boon for society, I'm not sure what to tell you.

the_real_cher 10mo ago
> handling the questions following a question, articulating what it is that you want to know AI is amazing at exactly this. It can answer any question, go into any level of detail, go as fast or slow as you want, or complicated or simple as you want, and present it to you how you best learn things. Truly amazing for reducing the barriers to learning. > how to have an exchange with other human beings and be civil about it Seems like that's your parents job to teach you that. lol

GeoAtreides 10mo ago

It's not search. When I (re)search a certain topic, I curate a list of books, I read the table of contents, I skim the pages, I compare the texts. When I ask the AI about something, I get an answer.

the_real_cher 10mo ago
There's still a place for books and learning a subject deeply imo AI is amazing in that it can both teach you, give you examples, help you work on projects, etc etc c

bunnybomb2 10mo ago

I kind of both agree and disagree with this point. Ive gotten into 3+ new engineering projects all because of AI. My entire life I only dreamed of the inventions I didnt have technical knowledge or time to complete. I would have never been able to do that 3-4 years ago. I need an AI to dumb it down for me. It makes intimidating learning curves, do-able. Call me stupid, or smart, it doesnt really matter. AI is not a substitute for books.. but it is a clear gift for humanity. Especially the lazy humans (Me.)

the_real_cher 10mo ago
This is exactly how I feel. It's giving me exactly what I've always wanted: the ability to acquire information as rapidly as I can think. No more searching through stack overflow for an hour to find some esoteric semantics. The frustrating internet searches are few and far between now.