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Kids don't need to learn maths anymore because of AI

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noblegiraffe · 21/03/2025 19:02

Claims this tit in the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/20/gcses-young-people-ministers-report-exams-britain-schools

"Just as the chip renders obsolete a need to know how engines work, so computers and soon artificial intelligence have rendered maths obsolete. In both cases, the subject is the pursuit of a tiny minority. It is computers that all pupils should study and learn how to use, rather than be suspended or accused of cheating for doing so. Making them learn maths is like teaching them to swim but banning the use of water."

He then suggests that personal finance should be prioritised as a subject to teach in schools. Good luck teaching that to kids who don't know any maths.

Incidentally, I asked ChatGPT to do some maths questions and it got them wrong. Ask me how I knew.

GCSEs harm our young people. Ministers should have the guts to abolish them – and start again | Simon Jenkins

A report out this week highlights how destructive the cult of the exam is in Britain’s schools. But it doesn’t go far enough, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/20/gcses-young-people-ministers-report-exams-britain-schools

OP posts:
madaffodil · 22/03/2025 13:26

noblegiraffe · 21/03/2025 21:23

We do seem to be headed towards Wall-E territory.

DH and I have been saying this exact thing for months.

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