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> People would have said the same about graphing calculators or calculators before that. As it happens, we generally don't let people use calculators while lea
by Wowfunhappy 7mo ago
> People would have said the same about graphing calculators or calculators before that.
As it happens, we generally don't let people use calculators while learning arithmetic. We make children spend years using pencil and paper to do what a calculator could in seconds.
- yoyohello13 7mo agoThis is why I don’t understand the calculator analogy. Letting beginners use LLMs is like if we gave kids calculators in 1st grade and told Timmy he never needs to learn 2 + 2. That’s not how education works today.
- Wowfunhappy 7mo agoI think this is exactly why calculators are a great analogy, and a hint toward how we should probably treat LLMs.
- bigstrat2003 7mo agoUnfortunately there are many posters here who believe we should, in fact, let children use calculators and not bother with learning arithmetic. It's foolishness, but that argument does get made. So I wouldn't be surprised if people also think we should let students use LLMs.