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A major problem with using LLMs to learn things: Me: "A is true, therefore B is false, right?" LLM: "Right! Here's a ton of detail to confirm your belief." Me: "Actually, A is false; B is true." LLM: "Exactly right! Here's more detail to confirm that belief."

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Pedagogically I think you’d need to help kids understand the principles around critical thinking, what it looks like practically. Right now we rely far too heavily on rote knowledge testing. The way we evaluate in schools needs to shift to different forms of evaluation.