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Lance Cummings's avatar

For thousands of years, the field of rhetoric, specifically sophism, has noted there is nothing inherently good or bad about technology. It is all about determining the right use of technology in context.

There is no right answer.

So until scholars get a grapple on that, we are going to see this push and pull.

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Nick Potkalitsky's avatar

Ding ding....

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Gary Liang's avatar

Another study was done by some researchers at the University of Pennsylvania with the title "Generative AI harms learning". It's one of the only randomised controlled trials in the space. Despite what the title says, I don't actually think generative AI harms learning. I did a write up of it here: https://substack.com/@garyliang/p-146660249

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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

We want simple answers beause there are no simple answers.

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