this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
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[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wow it’s like they’re actively trying to make people dumber and not even hiding it anymore

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You don't needs smarts anymore. We have calculators and AI.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tools exist for a reason. I've done signal processing by hand, it sucks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

hipster engineering -

"Man I'm just saying, committing the Laplace tables to memory and working with a slide rule just hits different."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Calculators are no replacement for smarts. They just take away the parts that don't need actual thinking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How is learning a new language being dumber? This is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Something like this to produce graded readers is a great idea, but I don't see anything in the ad itself that indicates it's for language learners. If this is for a general audience for native speakers, then it's enabling people to avoid learning to read (and ultimately use) more complex and nuanced language, in favor of infantilizing consumers and spoon feeding them everything.

The only use case I could see this being a positive for when aimed at native speakers would be something like adult literacy programs, or maybe homeschooling for kids with difficulties learning to read who don't have the trained, professional support that one would hope they might have in a more typical school setting. For adults who struggle with illiteracy, I could see this being quite beneficial, though. It's something that people will often be embarrassed about to begin with, and somebody who's feeling self-conscious about this could be demotivated by only being able to read books aimed at children. Even if they say "Screw it, I need to do this," it can be difficult to maintain motivation and interest when the only content you can find at your reading level is written for little kids. If they could have adult materials adapted to a level that's challenging but manageable for them, I could certainly see that being a good thing.