Please do-I think this is a great example of how AI can be helpful.

We see so many stories about how terrible AI coding is. We need more practical stories of how it can help.

The tool itself would be of a lot of use in school science and design labs where a bunch of older kit lands from universities and such. I used to put a lot of floppy to usb converters on things like old ir spectrometers that were good enough still for school use.

Yep!

I’m teaching kids in Bayview how to code using AI tools. I’m trying to figure out the best way to do it without losing anything in between.

With my pilot students I’ve found the ones I gave cursor are outperforming the ones who aren’t using AI.

Not just with deliverables, but with fundamental knowledge(what is a function?).

Small sample size so I don’t want to make proclamations… but I think a generation learning how to code with these tools is going to be unstoppable.

> Not just with deliverables, but with fundamental knowledge(what is a function?)

Are you testing this knowledge in a situation where they don't have access to AI tools?

If not, then I seriously wonder if this claim means anything

Yeah, to clarify-testing is closed book for everyone.

Control group might be using AI tools(I tell them not to but who knows) but the experiment group has received instructions and are encouraged to use the tools.