Comment by ethbr1

Agreed that a huge part of effectively using LLMs in education will be teaching proper evaluation of sources and what does/doesn't constitute a primary source.

A lot of this feels like the conversation when Wikipedia was new. (Yes, I'm from that grade-school generation)

The key lesson was Wikipedia isn't a primary source and can't be used to directly support a claim. It can absolutely be used to help locate a primary source in the research process though!

Granted, LLM use is a bit trickier than Wikipedia, but fundamentally it's the same: if a paper needs citations, and kids understand that LLMs aren't valid sources, then they'll figure it out.

To me, the more critical gap will be in the thinking process, and I expect "no computer" assignments and in-class exercises to become more popular.