Remember when people would say "first" on new message board threads?
Still happens on Reddit threads.
because they have not only grown up with a screen in their hand to stop them learning
This is the one that makes me worry. Even in Japan, kids now are given a device to bring home and use for homework/study. It's always there now. As parents we can limit exposure, but it is always there, and will be more so as we gradually lose the ability to control their environment.
Screen in their hand.
I was reading from a teacher who wrote a FB post (I know I know.... I do still check there sometimes because of family on there) and she was writing that she saw ChatGPT as a tool to teach our kids. While I agree with that approach, I also see that as a very tricky game. Teach it in the wrong way, and they will start to rely on it, in the same way that many now rely on calculators, and will never learn the fundamental skills.
Hmm.
Anyway, I like all that you wrote in this post.