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My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
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Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
#12There's some grim humor in the fact that the poster reflects on his sister's use of chatgpt, and just ends on that point. I have to wonder if he decided to talk to her or his parents about the situation. I didn't see anything in the post to suggest it, just a "this next generation is cooked."
Who cooked them is the question? Children won't raise themselves generally.
Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
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A calculator can be trusted to give you the right answer if you punch in the numbers correctly. An LLM cannot.
That's because a calculator is designed to give the right answer. An LLM is not. It's only designed to produce text that seems plausible based on the prompt. "Plausible" is not the same as "trustworthy".
Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
#14Waiting for those people who post the "how do you use LLMS for X" questions on HN to come here and explain how this is a good thing.
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Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
#15There's some grim humor in the fact that the poster reflects on his sister's use of chatgpt, and just ends on that point. I have to wonder if he decided to talk to her or his parents about the situation. I didn't see anything in the post to suggest it, just a "this next generation is cooked." Who cooked them is the question? Children won't raise themselves generally.
My daughter is only 1 and a half years old now, but my concern is more that she'll be implicitly competing with classmates that are using tools like this, whether we allow her to use them or not.
Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
#16Where are the parents? This is easily addressed with a discussion about the importance of learning for yourself, and some accountability. They’re only 11.
Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
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At some point we have to stop reaching for these lazy "it's like a past change" quips. Not just regarding LLMs, but everything of the format "people who criticize the new thing are all luddites/fogies".
X may in fact be like Y. But make the argument - don't just sarcastically imply it.
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Using a calculator to answer "how many seconds are in 3 minutes" requires you to understand that that problem can be modeled as 60 * 3. Using ChatGPT doesn't.
Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
#19I'm skeptical of anything posted on Reddit, but that seems plausible enough that I'm sure it occurs somewhere.
It sure will be interesting to see how this mass social experiment plays out
Re: My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
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Can a calculator help you solve the word problem aspect? Stop pretending like LLMs are the same as a calculator or an abacus