“Every child / person will have an AI tutor / assistant / therapist ” and so forth -- this has to be satire. No one can be that tone-deaf or that ignorant of the need for human connection and relationships.
“Every child / person will have an AI tutor / assistant / therapist ” and so forth -- this has to be satire. No one can be that tone-deaf or that ignorant of the need for human connection and relationships.
How many children/people have no tutors / assistants / therapists? Basically all but the richest. Tutors, assistants, and therapists are there to help you accomplish a task. Now everyone can have that not just the rich. He didn’t say “every child / person will have an AI mother / father / friends”
I think the author disregards the role that human relationship plays in any effort toward change. AI can quiz a student, sure, but it cannot build a relationship with another person and that is what we are hardwired to seek.
To be fair though, the author didn't say we wouldn't have any human relationships. Or that AI would replace human teachers and therapists. My kids have online apps to practice math and spelling. These have not replaced their human teachers.
True, I think tutor is the least problematic of the ideas here. Companion and therapist, though, would only deepen the sense of alienation and loneliness that many people feel.
I agree human relationships are vitally important. But who is willing to sit down with you and teach you math for as long as you need? AI, like the author said, is infinitely patient. It has nowhere else it needs to be. A student could ask it question after question and it will just keep on answering. It has been an extremely valuable tool for me to learn new things and it has made me quite a bit more productive. I don’t know if you’ve tried out ChatGPT but if you haven’t, I’d encourage you to give it a go. It’s the most amazing technology I’ve ever seen.
AI isn’t going to ask you to think for yourself to come up with the answers for things -- it just spits them out for you to memorize. I don’t doubt that AI tutoring can be helpful for people (like endless flashcards) but it is in no way a meaningful substitute for actual doing and learning in the real world.
Incidentally, writing this comment made me imagine an AI encouraging me to try out different answers or explain my steps in a math problem, and the idea of machine learning engaging with me in that way is incredibly creepy. I think the issue with it that a lot of people have is that it mimics human interaction and real relationships.
And if AI is doing everything, what will anyone's purpose be? "Oh, you can make art" Except, who will appreciate it when they can ask AI to make it for them every second of every day.
I think we have too many sociopaths in charge. They don't feel like they need human connection, so they just assume the rest of us won't either.
“Every child / person will have an AI tutor / assistant / therapist ” and so forth -- this has to be satire. No one can be that tone-deaf or that ignorant of the need for human connection and relationships.
This, from the tech overlords who insist on sending their children to tech-free Waldorf schools.
How many children/people have no tutors / assistants / therapists? Basically all but the richest. Tutors, assistants, and therapists are there to help you accomplish a task. Now everyone can have that not just the rich. He didn’t say “every child / person will have an AI mother / father / friends”
Fair
I think the author disregards the role that human relationship plays in any effort toward change. AI can quiz a student, sure, but it cannot build a relationship with another person and that is what we are hardwired to seek.
You don't need a deep relationship with your tutor. That is what family is for,
I guess we disagree. TO me a tutor needs to provide information and teach how to solve problems. I've hated teachers that I still learned from.
To be fair though, the author didn't say we wouldn't have any human relationships. Or that AI would replace human teachers and therapists. My kids have online apps to practice math and spelling. These have not replaced their human teachers.
True, I think tutor is the least problematic of the ideas here. Companion and therapist, though, would only deepen the sense of alienation and loneliness that many people feel.
I agree human relationships are vitally important. But who is willing to sit down with you and teach you math for as long as you need? AI, like the author said, is infinitely patient. It has nowhere else it needs to be. A student could ask it question after question and it will just keep on answering. It has been an extremely valuable tool for me to learn new things and it has made me quite a bit more productive. I don’t know if you’ve tried out ChatGPT but if you haven’t, I’d encourage you to give it a go. It’s the most amazing technology I’ve ever seen.
AI isn’t going to ask you to think for yourself to come up with the answers for things -- it just spits them out for you to memorize. I don’t doubt that AI tutoring can be helpful for people (like endless flashcards) but it is in no way a meaningful substitute for actual doing and learning in the real world.
Incidentally, writing this comment made me imagine an AI encouraging me to try out different answers or explain my steps in a math problem, and the idea of machine learning engaging with me in that way is incredibly creepy. I think the issue with it that a lot of people have is that it mimics human interaction and real relationships.
Actually I think it will do exactly that. You can use a book to memorize.
There are already ai tutors that are effective.
https://districts.khanacademy.org/khanmigo
And if AI is doing everything, what will anyone's purpose be? "Oh, you can make art" Except, who will appreciate it when they can ask AI to make it for them every second of every day.
I think we have too many sociopaths in charge. They don't feel like they need human connection, so they just assume the rest of us won't either.
I agree, this author is a total smuck!
Schmuck 😵💫
Technically, I believe Marc is a shlemozel. That's the guy who spills soup on everyone else.
Total schmuck Brian!