As a (newly back) teacher I stopped fighting. Instead of homework I leave prework and it can be done 1) using a textbook, eithet the course selected one or other or 2) Using Gen AI literal copy paste AS LONG as they use 2 different tools with the same prompt and then in class I make them tell me the differences. So far Grok is the weakest and Claude the strongest and everyone is flagbastered that they don’t all respond the same. Who said you cannot do a GenAi ‘Prompt off’ and cause paranoia on its users ?! :)
That's a clever solution I haven't heard of before. Also, I'm not surprised at all that Grok is the weakest. I fled from that side of the internet for a reason.
Books, calculators, everything was done by hand. My son said well you have to now how to use the calculators function and I bet you would e lost. ! point for the kid LOL
(I thought you were going to apologize for the Brocation 2.0 newsletter being read in a robotic female voice on Substack. I couldn't find any other way to listen. 😞)
Re: robotic floor sweepers, they are not recommended if you have pets or kids who leave "spreadable" droppings on the floor.
PS: Robots DO fight! Have you ever played Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots? Or watched BattleBots?
On no! I didn't realize I didn't attach the audio. I recorded it right on time, like usual. I went back and added it now if you want to hear my underwhelming voice.
Alright, be prepared West Tennessee residents. The first time I get ads on my refrigerator I’m gonna explode. I was happy not to know that feature existed. Thanks for a heads up.
Maybe if your washer or dryer goes to that big trash dump in the sky you should buy one of those nifty all in one washer dryer units. They wash and then dry in one machine. Then the only argument would be the folding aspect.
Ugh, AI. I'm all for it in fields such as Medicine, where it can be used to detect patterns of disease, but not for replacing writing and human thought in general. I'm hoping to pivot my career to archiving soon, which is hopefully safer from AI!
If my automatic lawn mowers got struck by lightning, I wouldn’t have property damage; I’d have bacon. Everyone should own a small herd of pigs. This seriously made me LOL If they all get hit will you share? Funny you mention the handwriting, my son is a Spectrum kid and was allowed to type all his papers he thought it was so the teacher could read it. I jokingly told him that after the third paper they just glance at it and make sure it seems like the right length and give you your usual grade. Forgetting Spectrum kids are so literal, I did not see that there was no way my son could believe me unless he saw for himself. So after Christmas break one year he did just what I said would work. First sentence in each paragraph was an actual proper sentence, rest was just a string of words. Yep he got an A., but another thing Spectrum kids are known for is a black and white, right and wrong with no room for any grey area. So he told the teacher what he did, teacher laughed and said I bet your mom told you about it and don't do it again. I also got another kid in trouble for telling him about the hollowed out book to put your phone into, but he forgot to turn the sound off LOL Yep they loved me at the school LOL
I like you! I love telling kids a shortcut to homework.
The year I took American History, I got bored and didn't do the short daily assignments to turn in. The teacher's aide told me to make sure my name and date due were on my paper and literally scribble 5 to 10 lines. My on campus boss locked me into his office and wouldn't let me out until I "caught up" on all my history assignments.
When my children went through Jr High, the main History teacher would let the students "cheat" on the exams. Anyone could bring in a 3x5 index card with as much information as they could cram onto it. Kids don't realize that if you write down information or major points you are actually "studying".
No computers for homework. When I graduated from High School, I was given an electric typewriter for a gift. I thought I was pretty special!
I did both of my kids math homework up until 11th grade, once they should me they knew how todo it, then I would finish. Both of my kids are Spectrum kids with fine motor skills difficulty and since homework is to just reinforce what you have learned, it was easier than fighting. Both kids were strait A students so I got lucky.
I’ve been thinking about what jobs would be difficult to automate with AI - maybe hairstylist. I think customers still want a human stylist to cut their hair. Plumber and electrician will probably take a long while to automate with AI. How do people feel about restaurants and AI? Do we want to see a friendly human face at the cashier’s window, or a robotic arm handing out the food and taking the payment? I think we still want to see a real human there.
As a (newly back) teacher I stopped fighting. Instead of homework I leave prework and it can be done 1) using a textbook, eithet the course selected one or other or 2) Using Gen AI literal copy paste AS LONG as they use 2 different tools with the same prompt and then in class I make them tell me the differences. So far Grok is the weakest and Claude the strongest and everyone is flagbastered that they don’t all respond the same. Who said you cannot do a GenAi ‘Prompt off’ and cause paranoia on its users ?! :)
That's a clever solution I haven't heard of before. Also, I'm not surprised at all that Grok is the weakest. I fled from that side of the internet for a reason.
I remember when we couldn’t use books of any kind with tests. I haven’t even heard of some of those apps (?). This world is crazy.
Books, calculators, everything was done by hand. My son said well you have to now how to use the calculators function and I bet you would e lost. ! point for the kid LOL
(I thought you were going to apologize for the Brocation 2.0 newsletter being read in a robotic female voice on Substack. I couldn't find any other way to listen. 😞)
Re: robotic floor sweepers, they are not recommended if you have pets or kids who leave "spreadable" droppings on the floor.
PS: Robots DO fight! Have you ever played Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots? Or watched BattleBots?
On no! I didn't realize I didn't attach the audio. I recorded it right on time, like usual. I went back and added it now if you want to hear my underwhelming voice.
McDonald's and AI. Now delivering your wrong order faster than ever!
If it's going to be wrong anyway, I guess I'd rather it be fast. I usually have good luck by skipping voice inputs altogether and using the app.
Alright, be prepared West Tennessee residents. The first time I get ads on my refrigerator I’m gonna explode. I was happy not to know that feature existed. Thanks for a heads up.
Vigilance is key. The day the refrigerator ads come is the day we fight back.
My robot vacuum does a great job, but it does have a propensity for getting stuck under one of the sofas.
Every robot vacuum I've ever had picked a random piece of furniture to be its nemesis. Their hatred runs deep.
Maybe if your washer or dryer goes to that big trash dump in the sky you should buy one of those nifty all in one washer dryer units. They wash and then dry in one machine. Then the only argument would be the folding aspect.
I do not know if they work the same in the U.S., but the all-in-one units in Europe did not do a good job of drying when I was there in 2024!
Well shoot! It sounded good on “paper”!
I love bacon 🥓.
I snort laughed about lightning causing bacon.
Me too if they all get hit at once I hope he shares
Ugh, AI. I'm all for it in fields such as Medicine, where it can be used to detect patterns of disease, but not for replacing writing and human thought in general. I'm hoping to pivot my career to archiving soon, which is hopefully safer from AI!
That's what I thought AI would do when I first heard about it. If only everything didn't have a dark side straight out of a dystopian novel.
I do a lot of coloring and the human Artists have really been hit in the pocket for it
If my automatic lawn mowers got struck by lightning, I wouldn’t have property damage; I’d have bacon. Everyone should own a small herd of pigs. This seriously made me LOL If they all get hit will you share? Funny you mention the handwriting, my son is a Spectrum kid and was allowed to type all his papers he thought it was so the teacher could read it. I jokingly told him that after the third paper they just glance at it and make sure it seems like the right length and give you your usual grade. Forgetting Spectrum kids are so literal, I did not see that there was no way my son could believe me unless he saw for himself. So after Christmas break one year he did just what I said would work. First sentence in each paragraph was an actual proper sentence, rest was just a string of words. Yep he got an A., but another thing Spectrum kids are known for is a black and white, right and wrong with no room for any grey area. So he told the teacher what he did, teacher laughed and said I bet your mom told you about it and don't do it again. I also got another kid in trouble for telling him about the hollowed out book to put your phone into, but he forgot to turn the sound off LOL Yep they loved me at the school LOL
I like you! I love telling kids a shortcut to homework.
The year I took American History, I got bored and didn't do the short daily assignments to turn in. The teacher's aide told me to make sure my name and date due were on my paper and literally scribble 5 to 10 lines. My on campus boss locked me into his office and wouldn't let me out until I "caught up" on all my history assignments.
When my children went through Jr High, the main History teacher would let the students "cheat" on the exams. Anyone could bring in a 3x5 index card with as much information as they could cram onto it. Kids don't realize that if you write down information or major points you are actually "studying".
No computers for homework. When I graduated from High School, I was given an electric typewriter for a gift. I thought I was pretty special!
I did both of my kids math homework up until 11th grade, once they should me they knew how todo it, then I would finish. Both of my kids are Spectrum kids with fine motor skills difficulty and since homework is to just reinforce what you have learned, it was easier than fighting. Both kids were strait A students so I got lucky.
I’ve been thinking about what jobs would be difficult to automate with AI - maybe hairstylist. I think customers still want a human stylist to cut their hair. Plumber and electrician will probably take a long while to automate with AI. How do people feel about restaurants and AI? Do we want to see a friendly human face at the cashier’s window, or a robotic arm handing out the food and taking the payment? I think we still want to see a real human there.