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Should a 5-year-old be using ChatGPT to learn?
The short answer is no. Using generative AI to learn is not just ineffective, but it can also actually set you back.
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Using generative AI to learn is not just ineffective, it can actually set you back, says the writer.
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Recently, a grandparent posed this question in an e-mail to me: “Should my five-year-old granddaughter be using ChatGPT to learn spelling or mathematics?”
I wrote back to the retired school teacher asking for details on how exactly her granddaughter was using ChatGPT.
