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Learn Your Way: Reimagining Textbooks with Generative AI

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359 points FromTheArchives | 3 comments | 18 Sep 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mossTechnician ◴[18 Sep 25 19:17 UTC] No.45293795[source]▶
I wonder how this will contribute to our current declining literacy rates in a social climate that's already rife with anti-intellectualism and isolation. Even if this worked well, it appears to be to be a step backwards.

Call me pessimistic, but this technology looks more poised to replace teachers in schools than supplement them.

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janalsncm ◴[18 Sep 25 19:31 UTC] No.45293948[source]▶
In that case the problem isn’t what technology we do or do not introduce. A society that values literacy isn’t going to be duped by a demo and a blog post. However a society which does not value understanding, expertise, or teachers will take every opportunity to shortcut them.
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1. aDyslecticCrow ◴[18 Sep 25 21:29 UTC] No.45295226[source]▶
Going by the atrocious salary expectation for teaching (which i firmly place as one of, if not the most, fundamentally important jobs in modern society) i think we've already established where we land on this.

And note how i didn't mention a country; i think this is a widespread issue beyond country borders currently.

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2. janalsncm ◴[18 Sep 25 21:39 UTC] No.45295338[source]▶
My only other frame of reference is China where being a teacher is a very respectable and competitive job with good wages. (Software engineering is way less prestigious interestingly.) They even have a national holiday for teachers. So it would be essentially unthinkable for a tech company to drop a demo that threatens teachers.
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3. aDyslecticCrow ◴[18 Sep 25 22:53 UTC] No.45296000[source]▶
> teacher is a very respectable and competitive job with good wages

My frame of reference is europe and America. I suspect more of asia than just china mirrors that respect, as education feels nearly unhealthily emphasised.

The so called advanced world that prosper on innovation, design and R&D is skimpimg on the very thing that is supposed to be our advantage. Its frustrating.