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Comment by add-sub-mul-div

3 months ago

Also, a crutch for doing long division is not the same as a crutch for general thinking and creativity.

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rini17  3 months ago

It isn't something completely new, there are many cases of unwarranted trust in machines even before computers existed. AI just adds persuasion.

The "Pray Mr. Babbage..." anecdote comes to mind: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/14183

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