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Blogger etoql calls AI-based learning "a joke"

2 Sep 18 7:39 PM · 7d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 2 of 4

A personal blog post argues that prompting an LLM for answers replaces the struggle of being a beginner that is necessary for real learning, and says the author avoids using AI for this reason.

Blogger etoql calls AI-based learning "a joke"
The National UAE

“There is no learning here, just some wording, and copy-pasting the answer.”

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jola.dev author Blogger, software developeretoql BloggerThe National Editorial Board UAE newspaper editorial boardJacob Coxon Former Anthropic researcherEric Xing Co-founder, GenBio AI; president of MBZUAI

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