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> and the best technology ever invented for learning. This has been tested, many times over, and I have yet to see convincing evidence this is the case. In fac
by runarberg 4mo ago
> and the best technology ever invented for learning.
This has been tested, many times over, and I have yet to see convincing evidence this is the case. In fact, despite this industry being on the scale of trillions of dollars, I bet you have also not seen convincing evidence of your statement.
Because those trillions of dollars aren’t going into research (well they are, but not into good research) it goes into propaganda, and this is one of the lies the industry tells people. The industry tells this lie so often that many people have started to believe it, just because they herd it so often it must be true.
- QuesnayJr 4mo agoDude, just use it to learn something. It's obviously true. Everyone uses AI all the time now. People's impressions are not mediated by marketing.
- mike_hock 4mo ago> Ask a question. > Ask two follow-up questions. > Ask about a seeming contradiction between the original answer and the answer to the second follow-up question. > Get congratulated for raising such a great point and get parroted back your objection as a "correction." Useful as a learning aid if applied cautiously but maybe not the "best thing ever."
- runarberg 4mo agoUseful as in “better than nothing” but lacking as in “inferior to almost anything else”.
- theptip 4mo agoI thought the dichotomy would make this clear, but the claim was not that however you use AI, it’s the best thing ever. To be more explicit: _used correctly_ and to the fullest of its capabilities, AI is the best technology ever invented for learning. If you don’t believe this as a technical HN person at the epicenter of this technology’s capability set, I probably can’t persuade you. But you can do a lot better than your transcript. Used in the default mode, or with a desire to take shortcuts, or a desire to minimize what is perceived (often correctly in the case of many school curriculae) as BS fake work, it is the best technology ever invented to avoid learning.
- QuesnayJr 4mo agoFWIW, I liked the way you expressed it through a dichotomy.
- jplusequalt 4mo ago>_used correctly_ and to the fullest of its capabilities How often do children do things the "correct way" or know how to get the most out of a thing?
- theptip 4mo agoThat’s our job as educators, not the kid’s. “The correct way” obviously requires scaffolding.