[JimtheCoder]

But is it just knowledge or is it the human connection that makes a difference?

Students have access to all the information they need on Calculus through Google and other resources, for instance, but actually sitting down with a living, breathing human being and having them help you through your troubles...to me, that cannot be replaced with an AI.

If access to knowledge was all we needed to acquire and maintain intelligence in a specific area, we would all be a lot smarter...

[ben_w]

> But is it just knowledge or is it the human connection that makes a difference?

Sense of connection, perhaps.

But AI is getting better at faking that. Even ELIZA gave some people the feeling, though I'm not sure how.

> If access to knowledge was all we needed to acquire and maintain intelligence in a specific area, we would all be a lot smarter...

We kinda are though? XKCD comes to mind: https://xkcd.com/903/