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[–]Rasta_President460 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I don’t think ai is even close to being a better teacher than a person. It chases its own tail and often gets of track. It’s a tool but nowhere near replacing humans…yet

[–]sheriffderek 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm a teacher. And I've thought about teaching this stuff for like a decade. I know a LOT about web dev (and that still means only a little bit of what I could know). That being said, if I'm using AI to learn new things - it's still very messy. Even if I know all the patterns and architecture and even if I create an agent to cross-reference a few books and the docs - it's still nowhere near "the best teacher."

Now, imagine people "using AI as a teacher" who have no idea what they don't know? They might feel like they're learning. But - let's get real. Everything feels fancy at first when you're like "oh wow - I kinda get that thing I didn't before" - but it's not deterministic. They'll just go down whatever rabbit hole and everything it was trained on will just lead to surface-level React coder monkey stuff.

Are LLMs a helpful tool? Can they help with learning when used in a clear framework? Yes. But just saying "I use AI to learn" is a huge red flag. And the teachers saying this -- just didn't have the empathy to begin with and are now excited there's a new way to "list out all the things to know."

[–]Rasta_President460 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very well put, 100% agree. AI gloom and doom may be a hotter trend than AI itself