Opinion
A Society of Underdeveloped Minds: An Optimistic Defense of the Confused Learner
Students today are learning to think critically in a world of AI. As schools tighten restrictions to prevent cheating, the resulting atmosphere of distrust risks discouraging the very curiosity that education is meant to foster.
A Drunk Assistant: Does AI Have a Place in Mathematics?
AI can now disprove decades-old conjectures and offer a claimed solution for a $1 million math problem. But in mathematician Terence Tao’s terms, it is still a knowledgeable and slightly drunk assistant. The danger lies not in what AI can do but treating its results like an oracle.