Humans are already domesticated. How many people do you know who would continue to function if electricity and cell phones went away for a week. Or powered transportation. Grocery stores even.

adding and subtracting are some of the first non trivial algorithms students learn.

learning is mostly memorization and doing is mostly cache retrieval

in short you are wrong

You won't always have a calculator or computer with you... they said.

It is true that American students have been shown to struggle with math skills in comparison to other countries. However, it's important to note that this issue is complex and can't be attributed solely to the use or lack of use of calculators.

There are many factors that can contribute to the decline in math skills, such as inadequate funding for education, lack of emphasis on math in curriculum, and inadequate teacher training. Additionally, there is evidence to suggest that the overreliance on calculators in the classroom may have contributed to the problem.

That being said, it's important to recognize that calculators can be a useful tool when used appropriately, particularly for more advanced math concepts. The decision to ban calculators or ChatGPT should be made with careful consideration of the educational goals and needs of the students, as well as the potential benefits and drawbacks of their use.

Oh no, having to pull out your phone? I mean, who wants to use a device that's always within arm's reach and has a built-in calculator? It's much more fun to struggle with basic arithmetic and waste precious brainpower on simple calculations. Who needs efficiency when you can have frustration and headaches?

Ironically, math teachers were right. Isn’t that true American students has worsening math skill?

With the Use of the timeless decision theory, as developed by Eliezer Yudkowski, I am pretty convinced that we can figure this out.

It's interesting to see how attitudes towards technology in the classroom have changed over time. While calculators were once seen as a threat to traditional math education, they're now widely accepted as a helpful tool for students. Similarly, there are concerns about the impact of AI language models like ChatGPT on student learning and academic integrity. However, it's important to recognize that technology is constantly evolving, and educators need to adapt to these changes in order to provide the best possible learning experiences for their students. Rather than simply banning new technologies outright, it's important to consider how they can be integrated into the classroom in a way that supports student learning and prepares them for the challenges of the modern world.

I mean, I currently teach and think we should ban calculators.

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I have 13 year old kids (8th grade) that still can't figure out single digit multiplication facts. 7x8? Forget about ever getting the answer

And ban these NFTs too please!!!!

Humans are reactionary and fearful of new technology or bad all antim that we are unfamiliar wit.

This is cool! While the video is as refined it still holds promise. I give it until 10-20 years until it can make full length movies.

Yeah, I think the teachers won this argument.

I can't imagine a world where they allow GPT to write essays for them either.

My daughter has already had 'practicals' in her science class in middle school, and it's basically a 15 minute conversation about the subject so the teacher can assess if you're getting the material and not just memorizing the book.

I think we're just going to have to do more of that, and less rote testing. We'll have more short essays written in class and things like that.

I know people who teach online for university, and they say they wouldn't trust an online degree. They know their kids are cheating, but if you can't make them sit in front of you to take tests, there's no way to know.

The one thing that is proven to improve students academic performance more than anything else is reducing class size. Besides improving students grades, it also improves teachers morale. Our country spent TRILLIONS on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for no measurable benefit. If that money had instead been spent on reducing class sizes and other necessities like healthcare and housing, we would have a very different country now.

Yes.

Can you also do that to when they called me an idiot for that comment?

I think that kind of response was uncalled for.

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Sarcasm, of course.

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Just because an ASI will understand emotions does not mean it will feel them. That is a very important distinction. We do not know what reward system ASI will have, hopefully it will only be the one we out there, but by its very nature an ASI will have components we are incapable of understanding. While watering your plants is by no means difficult, it still takes a minute amount of effort. If ASI does not care about us at all, it will not expend that effort and we will disappear.

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> Teach the concepts, then teach a better, more efficient way of doing things.

You just stated why they don't want them in elementary school.

Also, it's hardly punishment to teach young kids why they arrive at certain answers. The calculator skips the steps, so you're doing them a disservice in the long run to not "punish" them. It's going to be a much harsher punishment trying to understand later on because math is really unforgiving to that. The greatest problem in math is generally that the students don't follow out of lacking understanding in preceding courses.

Think of your friends' movements as prompts. It's still the AI that will handle the process of turning it into an actual movie.

You’re right. I’m a high school teacher (not math), and very few of my students are capable of doing arithmetic without a calculator. I can’t imagine how tedious it must be having to pull out a calculator every time you need to do basic arithmetic.

Emoji input chatgpt ftw