ChatGPT is a chatbot trained using the GTP-3 language model. It uses language processing to generate responses to user input in conversational manner. Provides informations and assist with tasks within the limitations of its programming. It isn’t using real data yet, but that probably will happend in a next year.
Open AI’s CEO Sam Altman claims that: “ChatGPT is incredibly limited but good enough at some things to create a misleading impression of greatness. It’s a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now.”
What the opportunities are created? Chat GPT’s writting skills are on the level of high school student satisfied with grade B. In other words, those good students will be able to use it as a tool to facilitate their work, it will be an addition which they will polish. While students without these abilities can completely rely on this and may not consider it as cheating, but as working smarter. Who will do it with a tool that can solve any task in a few seconds? And with gained extra free time do whatever you want. Then schools have to introduce innovative solutions, and also focus more attention into learning and work during school time, not outside of it, because homework is becomming useless.
But why do teachers assign so much writting homework to us? Why is it so important? Writing essays is a process of expressing one’s thoughts, ideas, and opinions on a particular topic in the form of a written document. It is a way to demonstrate one’s understanding of the topic, as well as their ability to articulate their thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively also to improve comunicational skills, develop critical thinking, demonstrate and improve research skills.
Education Department of USA says that: “While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for academic and lifelong success.” and that may be sharing “harmful instructions or biased content.”. In that case the tool is already restricted on New York City Public Schools’ networks and devices and more and more schools are following this lead or at least considering such step. However, a student still can access chatGPT from a personal phone or computer at home. Also, the AI-detectors (created to catch fraudsters in the act) still don’t work in my opinion, I checked one essay created by GTP chat and it detected it as 89% man-made. Whether teachers are doing the right thing by cutting us off from a world that is only moving forward with new technologies and increasingly relies on artificial intelligence ?
Schools are focused on memorisation as metod of teaching and learning, but in my opinion should change and shift its attention into: critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, creativity, digtal literacy – to help students how to use technology effectively and responsibly that is increasingly important in today’s world and last but not least emotional intelligence to recognise, manage and understand owns emotions, to develop strong social and interpersonal skills. In my opinion, chat GPT and other innovative tool of artificial technology could bring about a great revolution in schools. We should learn to work with it, because it is a world that we will soon be surrounded by on all sides.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/nyc-bans-ai-tool-chatgpt-schools-fears-new-cheating-threat
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/1/3/23537987/nyc-schools-ban-chatgpt-writing-artificial-intelligence
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html
It’s understandable that educators may feel intimidated by ChatGPT, as it is a highly capable tool that appeared unexpectedly, and it is able to perform well in a variety of tasks and subjects. However, prohibiting the use of ChatGPT in the classroom is not the solution. Instead, schools should consider incorporating ChatGPT as an educational tool, which can enhance student’s creativity, provide individualized tutoring, and prepare them for working with A.I. systems in their future.
I’m pretty sure that Chat GPT will stay with us for good. Prohibiting students from using it would be both extremely hard and ineffective. If this technology becomes a part of our day-to-day life, it will be more reasonable to teach students to work with it. But I also believe that writing essays is very helpful for developing critical thinking, forming your own opinion, learning to analyse data and presenting it eloquently. So, getting rid of writing traditional essays wouldn’t be the right action either. The biggest challenge for schools will be finding a golden mean and creating conditions for fair writing of traditional essays, as well as effective teaching of working with Chat GPT. Thank you for the post!
Few words in the very beginning, the post makes a point on an extremely significant issue such as the direction in which public education approaches. The most valuable skills that schools can teach are critical thinking and teamwork. Skills enable us to perform tasks in an effective way and to utilize the effect of synergy. Status quo is more like we are taught about information that is easily available in 3 seconds after opening a web browser and we are forced to memorize them by heart in order to pass a test and then forget 80% of them. There is a lack of providing practical examples of usage that can be achieved via the pieces of information! Regarding new technologies such as Chat-GPT 3, which undeniably has also disadvantages, in case of banning Chat-GPT 3 from schools we deny the dream of teaching us effective and practical ways of solving problems because the technology provides us many uses which facilitate and accelerate the process of learning. For example, it can explain statistical metrics that are difficult to understand which require many attempts of explanation drawn on examples. Chat-GPT3 can provide an almost endless number of such. The conclusion of the comment may be, don’t go toward way of banning effective tools, go toward a way that gives freedom of choice and communicate threats that such can bring.
This is a really important thing to consider,because on the one hand it is an opportunity for students to simplify their lives,and on the other hand it is a devaluation of the educational process.But,referring to your research,if even AI couldn`t identify work with Chad GPT,how can it be controlled outside of schools? I love your suggestion to focus schools on critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork etc..But one shouldn`t forget about the basic things that people expect to get from education.
Thank you for the interesting article. I agree with the problem that you have described, because developing AI technologies are harmful for the educational process. I am fully agree that even though sometimes essays and some works that we must do in the high school may seem boring and useful, they are needed to make students more versatile and erudite. I mean, now this skills are not necessary to write an essay, because AI can do it, but anyway we still need them to communicate in real life, when we have to rely on our own skills. I believe that educational systems will find a way to deal with this problem.
In my opinion, ChatGPT and other AI tools have the potential to revolutionize education by shifting the focus towards critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, creativity, digital literacy, and emotional intelligence. However, the use of these tools should be carefully considered and monitored to ensure that they are not used for cheating or replacing important skills. Additionally, it’s important to teach students how to use technology effectively and responsibly.