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A Student's Guide to Writing with ChatGPT

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323 points timbilt | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 19:26 UTC | HN request time: 1.782s | source
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joshdavham ◴[13 Nov 24 20:06 UTC] No.42129395[source]▶
I'm really curious to see where higher education will go now that we have LLM's. I imagine the bar will just keep getting higher and more will be able to taught in less time.

Are there any students here who started uni just before LLM's took off and are now finishing their degrees? Have you noticed much change in how your classes are taught?

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risyachka ◴[13 Nov 24 20:10 UTC] No.42129440[source]▶
After calculators were invented basically no one can can do math in their head.

I’d argue the bar will be lower and lower. Yeah those who want can learn more in less time. But those who don’t - will learn much less.

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WalterBright ◴[13 Nov 24 20:20 UTC] No.42129534[source]▶
I've noticed that people who rely on calculators have great difficulty recognizing when their answers are off by a factor of 10.

I know a hiring manager who asks his (engineering) candidates what is 20% of 20,000? It's amazing how many engineers are completely unable to do this without a calculator. He said they often cry. Of course, they're all "no hire".

How did they get a degree, one wonders?

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1. vunderba ◴[13 Nov 24 21:45 UTC] No.42130364[source]▶
100% Agreed. There is genuine value in occasionally performing things the "manual way", if for nothing else then to help develop a mental intuition for figures that might seem off.