I can't imagine a worse use case for AI. Literally thought the title was a clown
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Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds
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#282I think teaching a child to trust an LLM from a formative age is horrifically irresponsible. If anything, an app should be made where a child learns to correct an LLM's mistakes and learn that it isn't trustworthy. Actually, better, don't put an LLM in front of children. At all. EDIT: If a use case is for children who can't afford good education, then use an LLM to make educational materials for children, review them…
I came here to say this. Part of learning is social interaction. Learning happens on both sides, from the teacher and the student.
In a world of AI everywhere, off-line social interaction will be the major currency. We're all going to crave people... and each other.... The kids who grow up with social skills will be the most successful.
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#283Bad idea.
Giving children extended time in front of screens will lead to Idiocracy.
It's a giant No from me.
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#284I can't imagine a worse use case for AI. Literally thought the title was a clown
Never read Diamond Age huh?
Why do so many people think that book is pro-AI-tutors? The text, not subtext, explicitly presents the excellent outcomes for the protagonist as being the result of a single caring person guiding the experience for years on end, and the only depicted outcome for the 100%-AI versions of the books is brainwashing.
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#285Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps human teachers would model correct grammar? vs "you like dinosaurs! me too!” From the blog post.
Perfect grammar is less important than comprehensible semantics for all but the most niche linguistic applications.
One of these "niche linguistic applications" is language learning.
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#286Earlier quoted context omitted.
> My point is that the hallucination rate of modern LLMs, while not zero, is so low that this is no longer an issue in practice. Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Do you actually use these things?
> Do you actually use these things? I use them every day for SWE. I cannot remember any hallucination from the last 6 months. It pretty much stopped being an issue from the beginning of this year, if you use top paid models. Free models or lower-tier paid models can still hallucinate, though.
I would suggest that your ability to discern when the model is wrong might be the thing that has changed.
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> Ask them how many r's are in strawberry. 2024 called and wants its talking points back. > Teachers don't make confident mistakes because the student asked the wrong way. Teachers can be held accountable. Teachers can learn. Teachers can love their students. All of these can be true, and at the same it can be true that a child tutored by a good quality state-of-the-art LLM with a good teaching-focused harness could…
> 2024 called and wants its talking points back. It's a classic example of the kinds of questions LLMs get wrong. There's plenty of others. Not sure your point here. We can easily find things a 4-9 year old will talk about that an LLM will get wrong, hallucinate, etc. > a child tutored by a good quality state-of-the-art LLM with a good teaching-focused harness could have better learning outcomes than a child without…
> lot of work being done in 'could'
if my aunt had wheels, she'd be a bicycle.
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#288This is bad and you should feel bad about it. What the actual F? You can't be real man. Yeah, lets just monetize kids and ruin their lifes. What a great idea!
Welcome to silicon valley. Enjoy your stay.
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#289Re: Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds
#290I think teaching a child to trust an LLM from a formative age is horrifically irresponsible. If anything, an app should be made where a child learns to correct an LLM's mistakes and learn that it isn't trustworthy. Actually, better, don't put an LLM in front of children. At all. EDIT: If a use case is for children who can't afford good education, then use an LLM to make educational materials for children, review them…
It's the natural successor to the first round of ed-tech, which both share the same purpose: create future customers. The students who grew up using Google or Microsoft laptops and office products in school go to them as adults. Making children dependent on LLMs at an early age gives you subscribers to your LLM products when they grow up.