Benjamin, thank you for this insightful article. You confirmed one of my greatest concerns: that using AI becomes a replacement for thought.
What then? Especially for the young, whose brains are just beginning to form, who're not at the developmental stage that unfolds the ability to think rationally and grasp abstract concepts?
Time and again, I go back to that philosophical treatise, Jurassic Park, and it's sage, the mathematician Malcolm, who noted (and I paraphrase) "the scientists were so busy seeing if they could they didn't stop to think if they should."
In Alabama cell phones have been banned this year. Students are struggling with withdrawal from their phones. There are appropriate uses of the phones that can't be used because the new rules didn't thoughtfully consider the details of banning phones. It could be that consideration of how or whether we start to embrace AI for all things in all grades in all subjects is a better idea than going forward fast because it's inevitable. Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will have no other.
Benjamin, thank you for this insightful article. You confirmed one of my greatest concerns: that using AI becomes a replacement for thought.
What then? Especially for the young, whose brains are just beginning to form, who're not at the developmental stage that unfolds the ability to think rationally and grasp abstract concepts?
Time and again, I go back to that philosophical treatise, Jurassic Park, and it's sage, the mathematician Malcolm, who noted (and I paraphrase) "the scientists were so busy seeing if they could they didn't stop to think if they should."
Thanks for the comment Sandie. A wise sage, that Dr. Malcolm!
In Alabama cell phones have been banned this year. Students are struggling with withdrawal from their phones. There are appropriate uses of the phones that can't be used because the new rules didn't thoughtfully consider the details of banning phones. It could be that consideration of how or whether we start to embrace AI for all things in all grades in all subjects is a better idea than going forward fast because it's inevitable. Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will have no other.