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Teachers hallucinate too. I’ve had creationists and communists and tin-foil-hat (chem trails, 5g, etc) teachers. Surely you can imagine an AI tutor that is high
by therealdrag0 4mo ago
Teachers hallucinate too. I’ve had creationists and communists and tin-foil-hat (chem trails, 5g, etc) teachers. Surely you can imagine an AI tutor that is higher than zero ROI.
- solid_fuel 4mo ago> I’ve had creationists and communists and tin-foil-hat (chem trails, 5g, etc) teachers. I certainly have, too, but there is still a difference between a person who has a factually incorrect but consistent worldview and an LLM which simply reflects the worldview of the user or even changes between queries. I don't think creationists have any business being in schools either, for what it's worth, but I think it's easier for a teenager to sort out "Mr. Smith has no clue what he's talking about" vs "I have no clue what's true because the LLM everyone expects me to learn from just confirms everything I ask regardless of what I'm asking".
- beejiu 4mo agoA bit part of education is (should be) independent learning with textbooks and reading. You don't need to be "tutored".
- HKH2 4mo agoTutors should be able to approximate the ZPD better than any student can. Most students lack intrinsic motivation and it's a tutor's job to help them get started.
- throwaway2037 4mo ago> Most students lack intrinsic motivation Woah, this a wild claim. Plus it is on a spectrum per subject. Do you have any evidence to support your bold claim?
- HKH2 4mo agoOkay, I was generalising from experience; most students I've met lack intrinsic motivation. School systems typically encourage students to depend on extrinsic motivation.
- geraneum 4mo agoThat’s rather disingenuous. But it seems nowadays that words have lost meaning… so, I don’t blame you. I blame the LLMs for this deterioration.
- seiie 4mo agolol scraping the bottom of the barrel