AI is like hyperprocessed foods for learning

Post by ffdixon1 » Thu, May 15, 2025, 11:06 AM UTC

phillipcarter wrote: post #5

Related is Claude for Education: https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude-for-educat... It's adjusted to not just give answers, but (perhaps frustratingly for the student), force them to iterate through something to get an answer. Like anything it's likely also jail-breakable, but as we've learned with all software, the defaults matter.

> (perhaps frustratingly for the student), force them to iterate through something to get an answer.

IMHO, I think feeling frustration is the whole point -- it's how our brains rewire themselves, it's how we know we are learning, and it's how we build up true grit to solve harder problems.

As we want to "feel the burn" in the gym, we want to "feel the frustration" when learning.

Post by hackyhacky » Thu, May 15, 2025, 1:05 PM UTC

trilbyglens wrote: post #16

dymk wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't even have to be on paper. That computer science exam can be done on a monitored university computer. The only bit that needs enforcement is not using outside resources, to show that a particular knowledge and how to apply it is actually in one's head.

Here in czechia they still do oral exams where you sit in a chair in front of an instructor and they ask you questions which you have to answer by speaking. I don't think there's any better way to show actual content mastery than that

Jo, bohužel takový postup nefunguje tak dobře při větším počtu studentů. I kromě toho problému, jak najít čas na osobní výslech každého studenta, musim navíc vymyslet pro každého úplně nové otázky; jinak předchozí student prozradí obsah zkoušky následujícím. Asi v Česku máme menší třídy?

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