Whatever debates we might have about AI in higher ed, is anyone actually advocating for AI in primary school? Seems self evident you would not want to do this. It’s so obvious elementary school is as much about social/emotional learning and you’re not going to get this from AI.
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#22AI can instantly answer every question a child asks.
But what children truly need is the ten minutes spent being stumped by a question.
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#23It's correct decision to do that, to depend on their own thinking and reasoning
Not just ask LLM and get the answer
Thinking is a skill as any other skill that needs practice
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#24I think that’s right. The tricky thing with GPTs is correctly interpreting the output. When I’m writing, I always need to double-check things with Lu (copy.lu).
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#25AI can instantly answer every question a child asks. But what children truly need is the ten minutes spent being stumped by a question.
Exactly! If everything we do or think doesn't require the effort, we will stop evolving.