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A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom

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222 points dougb5 | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 02:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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mystraline ◴[04 Sep 25 21:29 UTC] No.45132430[source]▶
So, its a "Kids these days", written by a kid.

I've seen the same commentary about:

Spellcheck

Typed material

Computer art programs

Calculators

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nyc_data_geek1 ◴[04 Sep 25 21:30 UTC] No.45132433[source]▶
This is fundamentally different. It replaces, and thus atrophies, cognitive faculties in a way the other tools you mentioned never aspired to.
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mystraline ◴[04 Sep 25 21:40 UTC] No.45132521[source]▶
No, it isn't.

"Spellcheck removes the ability to spell"

"Calculators prevent you from doing math."

"Computer art will destroy real art"

"Typing text will destroy cursive and handwritten".

Same idea, that some form of tech will destroy something we should value.

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1. schiem ◴[05 Sep 25 17:20 UTC] No.45141046[source]▶
People who heavily utilize any of those _do_ have the associated skills atrophied. It's just that in all of the listed cases, the actual associated skill may not have actually been important.

The younger people at my job have atrocious spelling.

My ability to do mental math is much worse than it was when I was regularly doing math without a calculator.

People who have exclusively learned digital art do not have the muscle memory built up to seamlessly transition to analog art.

Almost everyone I know has awful handwriting.

So the question then is "What is the actual skill that AI tools are replacing?" And if the answer is "thinking," then that should be terrifying.