[aquarkortwo]

In a world where we have personalized tutors and assistants that can pass on knowledge much more efficiently and effectively than human teachers can.

[keiferski]

People keep saying this and I don’t buy it. Kids arent going to learn the best by staring at a computer screen eight hours a day.

If this happens it’ll be because of reduced education funding, not efficiency.

[ben_w]

Is staring at a screen for eight hours a day better or worse than staring at a chalkboard or a marker board?

[packetlost]

I think a prerequisite to that is figuring out how to get them to not spit out complete bullshit consistently anyways.

[sinuhe69]

Really? Did you try to learn something seriously with AI and compare the same process with a human teacher? And you seriously believe the parrot is better?

Try asking ChatGPT or Gemini about minimax plus alpha-beta pruning then change the cut-off conditions and ask it which one is correct and why and see it for yourself. Lookup the literature to see which one is correct.

And that’s only a very simple example of concrete facts/things. Now imagine the AI not only need to understand abstract concepts, it also need to understand your weakness/strength to adapt the examples/explanations, give you scaffolding and speak to your heart to become a good teacher. Good luck!

[ben_w]

I have an audio recording of an actual human teacher trying to insist, in the 2005-6 academic year, that motion capture couldn't possibly be recorded for more than a few minutes at a time because that would use "several megabytes" of data.

My laptop was recording audio at 44kHz/16-bit at the time.

[wilbo]

* I suspect the social value of school will become much more apparent soon.*

School is not just about the academic knowledge you gain. Plus, I'd imagine pairing a personalized tutor with an effective human teacher would only accelerate learning faster.

[butwho]

> I suspect the social value of school will become much more apparent soon.

It's important for the children to see the bullies protected by inept teachers, otherwise how will they learn how the world actually works?

[tempodox]

That assumption would have to be proven first.