> 5 year old a calculator to "learn" addition doesn't teach them math
Yes, using machines to give an answer, without providing any explanations of the process is not learning. One cannot generally give a young kid a calculator and expect them to learn how adder in the calculator's ALU works.
However, using machines to get an answer that you know how to get to is beneficial. No learning is involved in either process, and it saves time. So if you give a kid, who already knows well how to perform addition, understands the principles, and knows the properties, a calculator to quickly get through their homework, it merely saves their time. You know, just like most people don't exactly like to write boilerplate code that they can type in their sleep.
And using machines that can provide explanations how they got to the answer then reading it is learning. And learning by example could be powerful in certain situations - e.g. when one already knows some stuff, but needs some hints how to apply it to a different problem.
Surely, just asking the machine to solve a puzzle is unlikely to get one anywhere. Asking the machine to guide towards a solution might be very beneficial (if it manages to get things right, of course).
Yes, using machines to give an answer, without providing any explanations of the process is not learning. One cannot generally give a young kid a calculator and expect them to learn how adder in the calculator's ALU works.
However, using machines to get an answer that you know how to get to is beneficial. No learning is involved in either process, and it saves time. So if you give a kid, who already knows well how to perform addition, understands the principles, and knows the properties, a calculator to quickly get through their homework, it merely saves their time. You know, just like most people don't exactly like to write boilerplate code that they can type in their sleep.
And using machines that can provide explanations how they got to the answer then reading it is learning. And learning by example could be powerful in certain situations - e.g. when one already knows some stuff, but needs some hints how to apply it to a different problem.
Surely, just asking the machine to solve a puzzle is unlikely to get one anywhere. Asking the machine to guide towards a solution might be very beneficial (if it manages to get things right, of course).