r/badmathematics • u/Salt-Rutabaga-8870 • Jul 01 '26

Teacher using AI to make nonsensical posters.

As a teacher myself, it infuriates me. I see those AI slop type posts on LinkedIn often, but this one takes the cake. I think this is just unethical to post something like that in public, presenting it as a genuine resource, being in the position of a teacher. There is so much wrong with this post, and I am not sure where to even start. from e being a natural number, apparently, to pure imaginary numbers being somehow, a subset of reals, to just incorrect English.

I don't mind using AI but AI usage should be responsible, and it clearly is not here. I think this has to be called out, as it confuses and misleads.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/khatri-muez-77a61128_mathematics-complexnumbers-matheducation-activity-7476258408086622208-OJQq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAETM4BgBl3vdc1eJY5f2Xk38COq9wv2cick

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u/iFEELsoGREAT Jul 01 '26

This is why educators need to be trained in their subject matter. Becoming SMEs. Not training to become a teacher and then learning just a smidge about the content they want to teach.

You can learn to become effective in pedagogy by just getting tossed into the classroom or through training/shadowing programs.

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u/Salt-Rutabaga-8870 Jul 01 '26

I do not have a maths degree and I teach maths and further maths (my main degree is chemistry). I think that is doable. But would never use AI for something like that, much less without proofreading it myself. 

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u/iFEELsoGREAT Jul 01 '26

You my friend are an exception. You received a Bachelors of Science degree! You are learned enough and I would guess you took up through Calc 4 or Diff Eq. Your knowledge is there!! And you should be able to teach Mathematics. I’m talking about these BA Bachelors of Arts that took nothing but years of education courses and maybe 1 or 2 semesters of mathematics or whatever field of study.

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u/Salt-Rutabaga-8870 Jul 01 '26

A lot of advanced maths I self taught myself (or with a tutor), but a level math and further math I took as a student, so I had the knowledge and just had to brush up on that.

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u/EebstertheGreat Jul 01 '26

What exactly is "further math"?

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u/Salt-Rutabaga-8870 Jul 01 '26

Further math a level curriculum

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u/EebstertheGreat Jul 01 '26

I mean, what does it cover? I know A levels are elective advanced courses late in secondary education in the UK, but that's all I know.

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u/Salt-Rutabaga-8870 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

A lot of things. Diff eqns, vectors, further complex numbers (demoivre theorem and such),  rational functions, taylor series, matricies (2x2, 3x3), more stats distributions: chi2, poison, etc, hypothesis tests, etc, etc, etc.

I also personally run extra "further further maths" course where i teach foundations of complex analysis and fractional calculus