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Tutoring company tells parents to save their money and 'use AI instead'

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hdivider · 1790354487 · focus · HN ↗
Curious idea to use AI which hallucinates in order to teach students.
Because what is required to be able to know when an LLM is hallucinating? Expertise.
Meaning: exactly the one thing students don't have. By definition.
1. akman · 1790357141 · focus · HN ↗
  The way around this I've seen so far is to have an LLM write software that is verified, both in answers and instruction. The problem is who does the verification; ideally that doesn't require a teacher...

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