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Calculators Were the Original "AI Cheating Panic" — And We're Doing It All Again

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Picture this: it's the 1970s, and a kid pulls out a pocket calculator during a math test. Teachers are horrified. Parents write angry letters. School boards debate banning the devices outright. The argument? "If you let machines do the math, kids will never learn to think." Sound familiar? The Deja…

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  1. 2026-09-21 11:37 · DEV Community — AI
    Calculators Were the Original "AI Cheating Panic" — And We're Doing It All Again

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