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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The issue isn’t the approach, it’s the accuracy. AI are statistical models. They’re not designed to give right answers. They’re designed to give believable answers, which area occasionally correct.

So who knows what these kids are learning. It could be ridiculous inaccuracies like Columbus peacefully discovering America.

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kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Or that the Civil War was fought over states rights. To do what, AI? The right to do what?

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skulblaka@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The same could really be said about human teachers as well, though. An AI is frequently confidently wrong but so was my history teacher.

Don't get me wrong, I think this is a terrible idea. But we were already vulnerable to misinformation with classical schooling. To use your example, we WERE taught that Colombus discovered the Americas peacefully. It wasn't until I reached college that I learned the truth behind the discovery and colonization of the Americas, and I only even learned it then by doing my own history reading. Up until that point I had been taught that Thanksgiving was celebrated in memory of the happy-fun-get-along-times that were had between the settlers and the natives.

Kids are already taught ridiculous inaccuracies on purpose and while I hardly think an idea like this would improve that situation, I have to point out that at least accidental misinformation would be less objectively evil than what we already misinform kids about.

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- Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Your history teacher is sometimes confidently wrong because they are subject to the biases of their time and culture. AI is sometimes confidently wrong because it literally is incapable of evaluating information to assess its factuality. I know which one I think should be in charge of teaching children.
  
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