This comment is disgustingly depressing

acenturyandabit 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Formal education has more than just an instructive role. In fact, it's everything but the instruction. Reciting content to learners doesnt necessarily help them learn.

Teaching should turn into conveyance of taste. The teacher should help figure out what needs to be examined and how to examine; help figure out ways to close the gap between the textbook and reality. AI can't do those things well yet, and perhaps it never will be able to.

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Ralo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sadly, the truth is that in school, you're only rewarded for what you vomit back up on the test. Rote memorize some formulas and facts, copy those back on the test and you're now a certified mechanic/engineer/doctor/whatever. That's exactly what got me through math courses in university.

Sucks, but its true. In my case, if there was a test that required me to disassemble an engine top to bottom, claude would be mostly useless.

	▲	TJSomething 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In my experience, that was pretty much true until I started doing small discussion-group-style graduate classes. But those are necessarily capped by staff-to-student ratios.

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danjovich 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I agree with this point.

Maybe all education will get more and more similar to e.g. learning an instrument.

You can get everything from YouTube videos, sure. But a good teacher will help with things like knowing how to get a good repertoire for your skill set, what bad habits not to develop that will cripple your ability to learn more complex pieces over time, etc.

I think expertise in hard subjects will only become more and more valuable (as always), and thus harder and harder (and more expensive) to achieve.

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augment_me 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We see the same at my university. It's sadly the reality of it.

We are kind of envisioning that university will be a place for social activities, mingling, rich people meeting partners, etc. So we are moving towards more of that.

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HeyLaughingBoy 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not for the person who's making it and accruing the benefit!

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runarberg 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The perceived (i.e. self reported) benefit.

I have a feeling AI is hitting all the same dopamine receptors as your attention grabbing apps and video games, is highly addictive, and is merely making you feel like you are achieving something. Sort of like DuoLingo.

	▲	Ralo 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The problem is, I write my tests and do great! So, this is working. It is exactly what the college is rewarding me for. If I was using this AI and my grades were poor then I'd agree, that its perceieved but its provably working.