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Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again

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Post by squigz »

bertil wrote: post #299
sonabinu wrote: post #48

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A very powerful story! thanks for sharing

I have significant concern about this—that it is a story. I don’t doubt that it’s true in OC’s case. But I don’t think it’s representative of the impact of technology. It’s the example that will get Bill Gates’ attention and end up on the stage at TED, but it might not be representative of 90% of how people are affected by technology. It might, and the story of how videos will change how people relate to each other (…

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what your point is with this comment. I don't think GP was presenting their story in the context of providing statistics or objective truth about the impact of technology. They were just sharing their experience with the topic of the article.

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Post by mrdevlar »

7thpower wrote: post #19

I am a high school dropout and who learned math using Khan Academy after never having completed more than pre-algebra in middle school. Sal Khan’s work changed my life and allowed me to build a foundation in not only math, but also finance and economics, that allowed me to feel confident enough to go to college. I did not have a support system or people in my life who could teach me these things, but I had the intern…

I had the same thing, I relearned all my mathematics from grade school to calculus when I was in my 30s so I could go get a degree. Khan literally changed my life for the better.

I also think his take is the correct one. AI's future in custom education is beyond anything else. It can teach it to you using the concepts you have available.

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Post by gorbypark »

Has anyone played with Khanmigo yet? Is it basically Khan Academy with a chatbot to help with questions, or does it differ completely from Khan Academy?

About ten years ago I was thinking of returning to university and was required to pass a high school level math exam to prove I still could do math as an adult (I couldn't, really!). Khan Academy was a pretty incredible resource. I was in a time crunch so I also hired a tutor for two hours a week and the combination worked really well for me. I could see swapping out a real life tutor with an LLM being pretty amazing and much more affordable!

I didn't end up returning to school, but now I've gotten the AI bug and need to upgrade my math skills, and I'm thinking that using a LLM to help learn about foundational math that applies to LLMs would be pretty neat.

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Post by hi-v-rocknroll »

A problem with AI assistants offering answers or reducing work in an education context is they harm cognitive labor (are "cheating") needed for learning by thinking and doing that leads to mastery. AI assistants in a learning context could instead be used ask context-sensitive quiz questions and point to other examples and learning resources.

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Post by motoxpro »

aleph_minus_one wrote: post #273
7thpower wrote: post #19

I am a high school dropout and who learned math using Khan Academy after never having completed more than pre-algebra in middle school. Sal Khan’s work changed my life and allowed me to build a foundation in not only math, but also finance and economics, that allowed me to feel confident enough to go to college. I did not have a support system or people in my life who could teach me these things, but I had the intern…

> Every time I go to the grocery store to buy something and don’t have to worry about my card being declined, it feels like magic. Even years later. Pay cash: it's much more privacy-conscious - and you don't have to worry about your card being declined. :-)

Card was declined because they had no cash :)

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Post by Kerb_ »

fuzztester wrote: post #284
szundi wrote: post #184

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Yeah yeah, but it’s so romantic that they use bamboo sticks for hunting and killing each other with poisoned arrows while dying of worm infections and shit

b-b-but ... 2000 lb bombs, ar-15s, drones, guided missiles, f-15s, heavy artillery are more romantic! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle next up, a total lovefest, icbms firing thermonuclear bombs?

Civilization, I'll stay right here

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Post by vasco »

skrtskrt wrote: post #267
megaman821 wrote: post #149

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Are you talking about lost Amazon tribes? Most places I have visited people have seen real quality of life improvements by having clean water, refrigeration, sewage systems and access to the internet.

thank you for reminding me why I don't comment on Hacker News much. 1. Completely misrepresent someone else's perspective 2. Always use an industrialized western perspective as a synonym for what is unequivocally good, without any inspection or consideration. Disregard anything else. 3. Worship at the altar of the information technology industry

> Always use an industrialized western perspective

Who do you think has driven modern medicine and how do you get advanced healthcare without industrialization?

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Post by thom »

tptacek wrote: post #170
piker wrote: post #71

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> Every time I go to the grocery store to buy something and don’t have to worry about my card being declined, it feels like magic. Even years later. So this is universal!

I'm almost 30 years from anything resembling precarity and I still subtly cross myself almost every time I swipe a card at the grocery store.

Removing this anxiety was one of the most unexpectedly powerful changes in my life. And then in a moment of hubris I signed up for an American Express card and now have to relive it every time because a good portion of vendors in the UK don’t take it.

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Post by janalsncm »

aeyes wrote: post #125
raisedbyninjas wrote: post #120

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Maybe no school board buys and puts it into every class. Parents will still buy it and it can supplement learning gaps when doing homework. $20/month is a rounding error compared to pre-school, clothes, extra-curricular activies, private school, private tutors, etc.

The kids of people who can afford all you mentioned usually don't have problems with education. It's those who don't have $20. My parents spent almost nothing on my education, just a couple of $ per year to buy a notebook or two. I used the same pens for almost ten years. I participated in zero sports, had zero tutors... I did ok but I had peers with even less resources and not all of them did good.

> The kids of people who can afford all you mentioned usually don't have problems with education.

Elite parents (read: the ones with discretionary money for schooling) do not see education in this way. They see it as an endless arms race to optimize every possible advantage they can for their child. From the moment the child was born, everything about their life was structured to optimize future earnings, which requires admission to an elite school, which requires exceptional learning tools.

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Post by sfn42 »

neuralnetes-COO wrote: post #310
Kye wrote: post #240

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That sounds like technical editing but for LLM output instead of technical writers.

It's mostly software engineering.

Sounds like it's mostly air unless you can point to an LLM that doesn't confabulate.
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