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If I hand you a math problem, and you point your camera at it and write down ChatGPT’s answer, you are definitely not doing math.

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"If I hand you a equation to solve, and you type in the numbers, hit enter on your programmatic calculator, and write down Texas Instruments' answer, you are definitely not dong math." <-- would have been my teachers' attitude too.

Throw in "and when the batteries in your calculator die, you'll need to know how to do it by hand!" for good measure. :-)

I jest...

I think the difference with the calculator analogies is a calculator just speeds up calculations you could do yourself (granted some very slowly). I can’t type in “sally has 35 apples, and wants to give an equal number to each of her 7 friends. how many apples does each get?” I have to know to do 35/7. But an ai will do that problem solving for me, with zero understanding on my part.

Dude, maybe stop holding up your high school math teacher as some kind of arbiter of truth ...

If the math teacher is unaware of the difference between "math" and "arithmetic", what are you even talking about?

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