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A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom

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222 points dougb5 | 3 comments | 04 Sep 25 02:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.044s | source
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zelos ◴[05 Sep 25 10:30 UTC] No.45137029[source]▶
Maybe AGI is impossible not for any technical reasons, but because AI is a self-limiting technology? As AI improves, it destroys the educational system that creates the researchers that develop it.
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HPsquared ◴[05 Sep 25 10:41 UTC] No.45137111[source]▶
LLMs democratize personal tutoring. AI can massively improve education, if done right.
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1. azemetre ◴[05 Sep 25 23:50 UTC] No.45145073[source]▶
There is nothing democratic about a technology being forced upon people. No one voted for this.

IME when VC says “democratizing” you can substitute “degrading” for the real meaning.

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2. HPsquared ◴[06 Sep 25 09:51 UTC] No.45147946[source]▶
Regular schools are already a forced experience. You're basically imprisoned for 12 years. A range of tutoring services seems like a massive upgrade in freedom.
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3. azemetre ◴[06 Sep 25 19:51 UTC] No.45152336[source]▶
No, public schooling is something that lifts people out of poverty. 100 years ago public schooling only want to 6th or 8th grade in most states.

Equating government welfare programs to better society with for profit systems is frankly disgusting. One has provided real empowerment and nearly erased illiteracy rates, the only is simply a system used to extract wealth for a few individuals and not society.

I do not trust any system that has shown to be a degrading experience to raising literacy or teaching others to critically think for themselves.