It’s illuminating to ask an LLM a question, and then say it was wrong. In my experience they will do a 180 every time.
Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking
Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
It is impacting their critical thinking because the teachers aren’t teaching the kids how to use AI!
My kids came home talking about an interview she did with one of her heroes. She knew all kinds of facts, including what type of dogs her hero has. I had to explain to my 8 year old that an AI doesn’t know very much, but it will never tell you that it doesn’t know something.
I don’t mind that my kid’s school uses AI for learning, but I am pissed at how they are using it the exact wrong way. It should go side by side with learning critical thinking.
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Me: ask a question
Ai: wrong answer A
Me: it’s wrong because of X
Ai oh my bad, it’s C
Me: C is also wrong because of X
Ai: my bad, the final absolutely correct answer is A!
Repeat.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Public education has been deliberately stripped of critical thinking concepts by half a century of conservative fuckery, don’t pretend this is a new thing
Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I never said that it was a new thing, what I’m saying is that the introduction of AI in the classroom is the perfect way to bring critical thinking back to the classroom. That’s one thing that AI is good at… getting people to realize that something they’ve just been told might not be 100% true.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s actually pretty valid