An AI is never going to make me feel bad for asking a "stupid" question, nor will it ever behave as though I have to earn the right to ask a sophisticated one.

An AI is never going to make me feel bad for asking a "stupid" question, nor will it ever behave as though I have to earn the right to ask a sophisticated one. The answer is, in some cases, almost immaterial. Building in students the willingness to ask questions accelerates learning. Does one still need to read, take notes, write, act, etc? Yes. The feeling of newfound knowledge that comes from reading/watching a virtuoso demonstration is always a mirage--I suspect most of us have the memory of watching someone do algebra on the board and then having the feeling of understanding melt away later when faced with the page. That's not changing, so far as I can tell. But we should acknowledge that allowing students to ask questions at will, even ill-posed questions, might have some value.