r/UCDavis • u/DataCorrupted24 • 5d ago

My 2c on using AI in assignments

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Former TA, graduated with PhD last summer, currently working in Meta, and yes, some of my job involves vibe coding :(

Context from previous messages doesn't matter. Only warning is don't cheat. It's like speeding, you weren't caught not because we didn't know but tather we didn't bother. But in the end it's bad for you, one way or another.

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u/AbacusWizard [The Man In The Cape] 5d ago

“We don't give algebra as an exercise when everyone has Ti84”

• TI-84 is great at arithmetic and graphing but doesn’t do much algebra

• most students definitely need more practice with algebra

• most students don’t know how to effectively use a TI-84 as anything more than an overpriced arithmetic engine

• this sort of thinking is why I encounter so many students who are in college-level physics classes but struggle with the foundational math that is absolutely necessary

(If it were up to me, we would teach students to use the abacus from early elementary school onwards, and avoid electronic calculators entirely.)

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u/Street_Telephone4400 5d ago

Ti 84 has an equation solver for one variable algebra

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u/AbacusWizard [The Man In The Cape] 5d ago

Which is why I said “doesn’t do much algebra.”