It’s like the greatest teacher. Plus it’s not toxic like social media. Banning it would be a shame.

They are great for self-teaching and great to cheat and not learn anything, depending on how you use them.

Main problem is that the technology was very disruptive for education and nobody has figured out yet how to utilize it at scale for schools and universities.

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samrus 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Its not teaching. These people cant pass a the class. They never went through the friction needed to learn

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cpncrunch an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It depends how you use it. You can either get it to explain a concept, or do your homework for you. Its a bit like the decision students have to make as to whether to review their material before exams or go out partying.

Overall it just seems like a huge waste of money to piss away the huge tuition cost your parents probably paid.

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blululu an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

You can use an llm to get out of doing homework but you can also use it to ask every question you would ever wanted in a 1-1 tutoring session. The problem is kids will use it to cheat on their homework. If we can’t deal with that problem then a ban is necessary. But these things can be phenomenal teachers if you use them properly.

	▲	beej71 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		As an educator, this is exactly what I struggle with. I'm pulling out all the stops to give students every chance to do the hard work and not lean on AI. But there's a good chunk of the class who don't listen to reason. I haven't figured it out yet. They know, logically, they can't pass an interview, but that's apparently a "tomorrow" problem. The smart ones either use it not at all, or use it to positive effect, like you're saying.