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highplainsdem

(61,278 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2026, 10:12 AM Yesterday

The creator of an AI tool to do students' homework for them says it's just how cars replaced horses (404 Media) [View all]

AI peddlers and users come up with the dumbest justifications for these dumbing-down tools...

In response to critics who say an AI tool that does your homework for you misses the entire point of education, the creator of Einstein says it's just how cars replaced horses ðŸ´
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Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/whats-the-po...
— 404 Media (@404media.co) 2026-02-26T15:00:12.413Z

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The creator of an AI tool to do students' homework for them says it's just how cars replaced horses (404 Media) [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

That's horrifying PatSeg Yesterday #1

Idiotic SheltieLover Yesterday #2

Sure, lets dumb down education and do homework faster so kids get more video game screen time. dutch777 Yesterday #3

Along those lines, here's a panel discussion from the Caletch Alumni group cloudbase Yesterday #8

Anything for a buck . . . hatrack Yesterday #4

Kick dalton99a Yesterday #5

That's kind of a self own. Arthur_Frain Yesterday #6

So, it does your homework for you. cloudbase Yesterday #7

The purpose of education is not to finish work. We've lost the plot. Oneironaut Yesterday #9

Hmm and now fossil fuels are literally destroying our planet. delisen Yesterday #10

My students don't want to learn anything Coventina Yesterday #11

Is memory retention a thing anymore? Prairie_Seagull Yesterday #12