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> 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 questi
by 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.