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_tom_ ◴[] No.43640954[source]
No one seems to be talking about the fact that we need to change the definition of cheating.

People's careers are going to be filled with AI. College needs to prepare them for that reality, not to get jobs that are now extinct.

If they are never going to have to program without AI, what's the point in teaching them to do it? It's like expecting them to do arithmetic by hand. No one does.

For every class, teachers need to be asking themselves "is this class relevant" and "what are the learning goals in this class? Goals that they will still need, in a world with AI".

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nneonneo ◴[] No.43641222[source]
That's brilliant!

I mean, arithmetic is the same way, right? Nobody should do the arithmetic by hand, as you say. Kindergarten teachers really ought to just hand their kids calculators, tell them they should push these buttons like this, and write down the answers. No need to teach them how to do routine arithmetics like 3+4 when a calculator can do it for them.

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djmips ◴[] No.43641457[source]
I'm not sure you aren't being a little bit sarcastic but essentially that's true.
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1. jurgenaut23 ◴[] No.43641898[source]
That was sarcastic, because that's wrong. And I cannot conceive how can one think this is a good approach to learning.