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A robot TA that gives the wrong answer 50% of the time isn't very helpful.
Right, but this is a TA that gives a wrong answer more like 10% of the time (or less). I think it's possible that for learning a 90% accuracy rate is MORE helpful than 100%. If it gets things wrong 1/10th of the time it means you have to think critically about everything it tells you. That's a much better way to approach any source of information than blindly trusting it. The key to learning is building your own robu…
I would say that's worse, because it lulls you into thinking it actually has a clue.
Following your "logic" there; 50% wrong would be even better, since it makes you question it even more.
The more you interact with that crap, the less clearly you think; it's the ultimate mind fuck.