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AI is positive for learning
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this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2025
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as a pedagoge
so the problem is the inherent larger picture of learning. when you sit at school the teacher, classroom and system is in general designed to teach you the basic skills of life.
for that to work it kinda needs to be trusted and transparent. not to mention critical thinking which is supposed to be in all subjects.
AI can't think. AI can't hold a story together for long without dropping the point.
LLMs could potentially be useful in engaging students in spesific materials before a lesson - especially for critical thinking.
I'd say it's in that regard more important to use it when it gets it wrong, start a class with "ai work" and let the kids work on a subject you'll tell them the details of afterwards. problem is ofcourse that not all kids will listen to you and still mislearn from the bot.
Tldr. yes ai can potentially be good. but we know they bad already - especially in a reduction of learning in kids currently exposed to it. so no. llms will be mostly bad for learning.
Teachers are sometimes wrong.
Teachers sometimes have personal issues (divorce, bills, etc) and consciously or not take it out on the kids.
Teachers have finite time and patience and can't divine the individual learning styles of all 20+ kids in the classroom.
Teachers should be looking at using AI tools to save their jobs the exact same way software engineers are right now.
Teachers already are, and kids are already seeing drastic reductions in the quality of material they are being given to work with.
You're right that these are not new problems, but they are now happening at far greater scale/pace.