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If AI is good enough to teach math, why not have the AI 'do the math' instead? At a certain point, wouldn't we have to ask whether it makes any economic sense t
by linearrust 2y ago
If AI is good enough to teach math, why not have the AI 'do the math' instead? At a certain point, wouldn't we have to ask whether it makes any economic sense to teach math to the masses?
If AI is good enough to teach people to drive, then it should be good enough to drive the car itself. At that point, it would be pointless to teach the masses to drive when the AI can do it for them. If AI is good enough to cook, ... So on and so forth.
The intention is noble but where does it all lead?
- lemonwaterlime 2y agoAre you arguing that people should not learn for themselves how to engage with the patterns in their own world? (math) Are you arguing that people should not be able to take the initiative to move themselves from one place to another of their own volition? (driving)
- dflock 2y agoIf you don't, it leads to the general population completely infantilized and beholden to the few large capitalist corporations that run the "AI" that actually do everything. Being able to read, write, do math and think and do things for myself is very improtant to me - it's even more imprtant to me that I live in a vibrant society full of people who can do likewise. I don't want to live on the Axiom in Wall-e.
- dflock 2y agoEven if I can't spell important!
- IanCal 2y agoCalculators are better at addition than us but we still teach children to add.
- 082349872349872 2y agoNext up: teaching children to question whether or not they should be adding with the same numbers they use to count...