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Calculators have existed for about seventy years, but many schools still require children to memorize multiplication tables.

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Medium-term (~90 days)
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11/4/2026
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Valid until: 2/2/2027

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Do Kids Still Need to Do Homework in the AI Era? Educational Reflections from a Lex Fridman Conversation
youtubeLex Clips11/4/2026

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UnverifiedSimilar debates about technology weakening foundational abilities have also arisen over other educational technologies, such as handheld calculators in the 1970s, personal computers in the 1980s, the internet in the 1990s, and graphing calculators in the 2000s.63% similar

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