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		xyproto 13 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it Calculators and computers are creating engineers that can't think without them either. There are many problems with AI, but from my point of view, the title has not thought things through.

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AndrewDucker 13 hours ago [–]

We teach kids basic maths before we give them calculators.

University degrees certainly used to teach computing fundamentals without you having a computer in front of you.

xyproto 4 hours ago | [–]

I am all for taking AI out of education, like China recently announced that they will do.

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