Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot
by quickthrower2 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:31AM
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Youtube + textbook + good discord (slack or IRC etc.) can replace an undergrad CS course pretty well IMO for at least the practical skills. AI can help but is a minor piece, at least right now.
Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot
by danuker on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:12AM
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Whatever a student encounters in a field probably has search results on the web. I find it hard NOT to find the same question on sites like StackOverflow, Quora, or Reddit.
Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot
by civilized on Sunday June 25, 2023 @09:23AM
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My last contact with the educational system as a learner was around 2009, so I missed pretty much the whole YouTube / Khan Academy revolution. It would be very interesting to see what it's like to learn today, what resources I'd find most effective.
Re:Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot
by dools on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:17AM
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I saw a project where someone had trained an AI on classic novels so you could have a conversation with the book.
I think AI trained on text books should be able to achieve the same thing relatively easily.
It’s just an interactive textbook, seems like a pretty good idea to me.
"Simply read the textbook" would be a more practical instruction, and also what I did in university anyway.
Critical thinking is a useful description but not a good prescription. It's like telling someone to always be orange. If you want that to happen you have to eat carrots. It won't just happen by fiat or willpower.