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Multiple educators and institutes are grappling with a plague of cheating. This is just a recent article : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708991 https:/
by intended 4mo ago
Multiple educators and institutes are grappling with a plague of cheating. This is just a recent article : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708991
LLMs are found to erode skill
> https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
LLMs have largely been a net negative on human education systems.
- fc417fc802 4mo agoIf some subset of people use calculators to cheat or their skills atrophy how does that have anything to do with whether or not they serve a useful purpose? LLMs will revolutionize education for those that care to learn. They will have at least as large an impact on access to knowledge as wikipedia had ~25 years ago.
- intended 4mo agoI went down this rabbit hole, and if you see the MIT study, its not calculators anymore. Also - which kid (or adult) wants to study instead of just play? Furthermore, Wikipedia (and calculators) were largely free, nor did they come with a side of white collar work automation.