By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/07/2026That's the whole point of studying - to acquire knowledge and thus discernment. Asking students to learn via chatbot explanations is both incoherent and dangerous. 45/ 1616
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/07/2026Doubtless, there are ways that teachers might find chatbots useful, but for Christ's sake, don't use them to *teach*. There's plenty of ways teachers can use chatbots without asking students to learn from them. 46/ 1321
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/07/2026Here's an example. My daughter graduated from a big, typical American high school a couple years ago, and I spent her high-school years getting progressively angrier about the bad compromises that her teachers were forced into. 47/ 1341