Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

Re:Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate abo... by RecycledEle on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @07:31AM (#38176044)

I am passionate about AI in education.

Economies die because of underutilized or wasted resources.

Our educations system is horrible at wasting everyone's time right now. Source: I've been teaching since the 1990's and learning in school since the late 1970's or 1980.

AI can fix most of that.

Example: It has been many years since I looked a C code and I never really understood much about the Linux Kernel, even back when I tried to contribute to it in the 1990's. Yesterday I started chatting with ChatGPT on how I could understand the code in the Linux Kernel. I made some progress towards a previously inscrutable goal.

I am teaching my students how to use AI to learn anything they need to know.

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Re:Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate abo... by Uplus1F636 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:05PM (#38182050)

Interesting topic, I was thinking a bit about this too recently. I just released a simple flashcards app[0] and I was thinking how I could use AI to either help with memory retention or extend user's content or create quizes or explain topics etc. Can you recommend any specific sources to get interesting ideas/projects/news/opinions on AI in education?

[0] https://byheart.io/ - it's a pet project so both app and website are rather basic. Btw guess what tool helped me create text content for website[1]

[1] It was ChatGPT

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Re:Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate abo... by mrAssHat on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:56PM (#38182709)

Problem with learning from AI is that you don't know if it's telling you b/s or not.

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Re:Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate abo... by InSteady on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:21AM (#38187342)

To be fair, also true of teachers. Even at the college level sometimes. Probably happens a lot more frequently with AI tools, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate abo... by afpx on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @04:32PM (#38197402)

Reminds me when my 6th grade history teacher taught from the old testament. Of course, with standardization maybe that doesn't happen much anymore.

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