My dog, the maths tutor
As Phil Birchenall sits at his kitchen table, the rain drizzles down the window behind, turning the winsome cottages and well kept greenery into a chilly impromptu impressionist painting. It doesn’t seem to matter to Phil, because when he starts talking about his 12-year-old daughter, Daisy, it’s nothing but warmth.
“She’s a brilliant kid. She’s funny. She’s sharp. She loves baking and absolutely idolizes animals. Our dog, Izzy, is her absolute baby and they are inseparable. It’s really really cute.”
The sparkle in his eyes as he speaks makes it obvious just how much he cares about his daughter. So when he got a letter from Daisy’s teacher after school, he jumped on the problem with verve.
“Macallinkeedu qoraal ayuu ii soo diray… Ha welwelin, maaddo kasta si aad u wanaagsan ayay uga socotaa, laakiin xisaabta oo keliya uma socoto sida aan jeclaan lahayn.”
Phil’s first instinct was to try what he calls, “the kitchen table approach.” The particular math that Daisy had been struggling with were multiplying fractions and long division. That evening, he sat down with Daisy - Izzy snuggling under her chair - and opened up a text book. That’s when he realized math had changed.
“I'm looking at the guide and I'm going and I'm desperate to work out what it's telling me. My brain can't process it. My brain's going back to 1986… I can't even reconcile, you know, the two methodologies.”
Surrounded by fresh notebooks, sharpened pencils, and a text book that reads to him like hieroglyphics, Phil was dumbfounded. His daughter knew there was something wrong right away.
“Daisy sat there looking at me…I could see the color washing from her face, thinking this is not helping me one bit.”
Laakiin Phil waa xalliye dhibaato, mana aha qof iska quusta—hubaalna diyaar uma ahayn inuu ka quusto gabadhiisa waqtigeeda baahida waxbarasho. Nasiib wanaag, wuxuu lahaa fikrad. Phil mar walba wuxuu ahaa qof si hore ah u qaata teknoolojiyadaha cusub, isagoo xiisaynaya awooddooda goobta shaqada iyo nolosha. Bilaha ka horreeyay, wuxuu bilaabay inuu ku tijaabiyo ChatGPT. Wuxuu ChatGPT mar hore xafiiska ugu isticmaalay habaynta dhaqaalaha xitaa wuxuu sameeyay qalab jimicsi oo shakhsi ah. Sidaas darteed habeenkaas, wuxuu galay kombiyuutarkiisa wuxuuna sameeyay GPT u gaar ah - bare xisaab oo gaar loo habeeyey Daisy.
GPT waa nooc ka mid ah nooca AI luqadeed ee aad u shakhsiyeyn karto si uu ugu habboonaado baahiyo ama hawlo gaar ah. Waa sida nooc gaar loo habeeyey oo ChatGPT ah oo aad “tababari” ama “hagaajin” karto si uu diiradda u saaro maaddooyin, hawlo ama habab gaar ah oo uu kula falgalo. Marka laga hadlayo Phil, maaddada gaarka ahi waxay ahayd baridda isku dhufashada jajabyada iyo qaybinta dheer ee gabar 12 jir ah. Iyo hillaac xariifnimo ah - wuxuu siiyay shakhsiyadda eeygooda, Izzy.
“Maxaa diidayay in barekan xisaab ee AI uusan samayn karin kaftanka eeyaha? Uusan eeyga noqon? Maxaa diidaya?”
Fikirkan daqiiqaddii ugu dambeysay ku yimid ayaa GPT‑giisa uga dhigay wax runtii gaar u ah gabadhiisa, Daisy. Sida uu Phil sheegay, markii ugu horreysay ee ay tijaabisay, isla markiiba wuxuu u sheegay kaftan eey aad u xun ka dibna si toos ah ayuu ugu gudbay su’aalo qaybinta dheer ah oo ku salaysan buskud eey. Daisy way ku xidhantay.
Ka dib markii ay la barato Izzy, Bareha Xisaabta, fahamka Daisy ee meelaha ay xisaabta ku liidatay wuu sii xoogaystay oo sii xoogaystay. Ingiriiska, waxaa jira imtixaan ay ardaydu galaan dhammaadka dugsiga hoose si ay ugu gudbaan dugsiga sare. Daisy si heer sare ah ayay ugu guulaysatay.
“Daisy si cajiib ah ayay uga soo baxday imtixaankeedii SATs ee xisaabta. Waxay macallin ka heshay shahaado sheegaysa inta horumar ah ee ay ka samaysay xisaabta. Wax walbana waxay ahaayeen madadaalo. Waxay ahayd, waad ogtahay, inay na siisay wax xiiso leh oo aan samayno halkii ay ka ahaan lahayd.”
Natiijooyinkeeda sare awgood, Daisy tan iyo markaas si fiican ayay uga gashay dugsigeeda xiga. Phil wuxuu dhowaan fikraddiisa bare xisaab ee ChatGPT kula wadaagay baraha bulshada si uu waalidiinta kale ugu dhiirrigeliyo inay dhistaan GPT‑yadooda oo ay carruurtooda uga caawiyaan maaddo kasta oo ay u baahan yihiin. Sidoo kalena ay mashruucooda ugu daraan shakhsiyad yar.
“Halkii uu ka ahaan lahaa wax uun sida hagaha dib-u-eegista buug waxbarasho oo caajis ah. Si dhab ah ayuu u soo nooleeyay, wuxuuna ka dhigay mid u ekaada qayb qoyska ka mid ah oo leh shaygan oo ahaa fidinta eeygeenna… Waad ogtahay, runtii waxay ku saabsan tahay inaad geliso wax badan oo aad jeceshahay waxa aad baranayso.”
Haddii aad isweydiinayso, Izzy-da dhabta ahi weli waxba kama gelin qaybinta dheer.
