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by 18al
63 days ago
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The wish for an _AI revolution_ in learning seems to have been granted by a monkey's paw. Articles like this, or [0], or browsing r/teachers [1], or even talking close-ones in college, give a rather grim view of AI use. A para from from [0] makes it seem that students understand that LLM use doesn't lead to learning, but still do so. Do they not see effort put into learning worthwhile? A few months ago, I overheard some college students talking about their classes.
One was complaining about an assignment they needed to do that night, and
another incredulously asked why they wouldn’t just have ChatGPT do it. The first
replied, “This is my major, I actually need to learn stuff in this class. I use
AI for my other classes.”
I myself use LLMs for learning (using ChatGPT's study mode for instance r.i.p)
and can see that there's a right way to use it—you reach for it when you hit a wall, not to avoid the friction of developing an understanding.From what I understand tho, most of LLM use for learning is just LLM used as a tool for cheating. Even tfa mentions something of the sort: few of Musall’s most advanced students have taken advantage of AI to learn new
topics. But, as far as she can tell, more students are using it to just find
answers
The article attributes _skill issue_ as part of the problem, but how much of that
is a motivation or awareness issue. How do you make student realize that learning is worth it?[0] https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/to-teach-in-the-time... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/ |
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But "students will use the cheating machine to cheat" was obvious from the release of ChatGPT3. There was never some period of time where AI looked like it was a net positive for students only to be revealed to have an unexpected harm.
Even from the folks who claim to use LLMs to learn rather than cheat or avoid work, I've seen so many people admit that they are actually using it to harm themselves. "Oh, I only ask ChatGPT for the answer for really hard problems." Yeah man, doing the hard problems is how you learn.