[HN Gopher] Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are ...
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       Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
        
       Author : malshe
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2025-08-11 19:33 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | unnamed76ri wrote:
       | It feels like the negative impact AI will have on young people is
       | far greater than what social media has already done in the past
       | 15 years.
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       | The big tech companies of today may be regarded in generations to
       | come like the factories a hundred years ago that had kids working
       | in dangerous conditions. Except this time the kids aren't making
       | a product, they are the product.
        
         | freedomben wrote:
         | Maybe, but at the very least, this time we seem to be a lot
         | more aware of it, and lots of schools are grappling with how to
         | adapt in this age. We definitely have a lot to figure out
         | still, and there will unfortunately be a lot of broken eggs in
         | this omelette, but at least it's not something everybody is
         | just sleeping on (this time around).
         | 
         | I also think it's a little too easy to throw the baby out with
         | the bathwater. For students that are genuinely curious, AI can
         | be a major facilitator to learning. I've seen several students
         | make massive gains in subjects when they can converse with AI
         | and test their knowledge. The key difference is
         | motivation/incentive. If a student just wants to check the
         | homework box and be done, AI is a major net negative. It
         | doesn't have to be though (hallucination problems aside)
        
       | cactacea wrote:
       | I would be shocked if oral exams didn't make a comeback across
       | all levels of education soon.
        
         | freedomben wrote:
         | The school I work with is considering a return to handwritten
         | papers, and the more I dove into the topic, the more I think it
         | makes sense
        
           | mbrumlow wrote:
           | Can't I just do it on a computer and then copy it over ?
        
             | freedomben wrote:
             | Yes for homework papers you could, though you'll still be
             | learning (and often retaining) a lot in the process of
             | handwriting a copy :-D
             | 
             | There's also classroom time being given to students for
             | their writing, with no computers available (or with just
             | monitored access with much AI stuff blocked)
        
           | enjeyw wrote:
           | I made a text editor that detects whether something has been
           | AI generated by analyzing the keystrokes and edit history:
           | www.collie.ink
           | 
           | Haven't really told anyone about it so no one is using it,
           | but I think it's a good idea!
        
         | philipallstar wrote:
         | Exams are just a good idea. We sacrifice a huge amount in the
         | name of "some people get overly stressed about exams", when
         | really we just need to accept that some people can't cope with
         | very much stress and will probably get a fairly stress-free
         | job, like burger-flipper or project coordinator or VP of HR.
        
         | malshe wrote:
         | I am all for in-person written and/or oral exams. We still do
         | it for PhD classes. But we don't have people to conduct oral
         | exams for large classes like in undergrad or even some masters
         | level courses. In my university, even getting a TA is
         | challenging for many faculty due to cost cutting.
        
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