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Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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Oh ChatGPT, what a nightmare you’re going to turn grading papers into for teachers.

Also a boon. I asked it for a 50 question multiple choice test on Canadian history and it assembled a remarkably good test.

I just tried a quiz of 15 multiple choice questions on New Zealand history, and I asked it to indicate the correct answer. It made a couple of glaring errors, which was disappointing.

Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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Also a boon. I asked it for a 50 question multiple choice test on Canadian history and it assembled a remarkably good test.

It makes one wonder, do students need to learn how to write? The question has been asked before in a 'simpler' context. Do students need to learn long division? Seems like if not now, soon, the answer is no.

My mother-in-law has ranted many times about how they don’t teach cursive anymore. She doesn’t know how to use a computer.

I think you raise a very interesting (and likely very controversial) thought to explore.

My quick opinion is that we can only teach so much. And the list of things that could be taught is forever growing. We need to be pragmatic about priority.

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Also a boon. I asked it for a 50 question multiple choice test on Canadian history and it assembled a remarkably good test.

I just tried a quiz of 15 multiple choice questions on New Zealand history, and I asked it to indicate the correct answer. It made a couple of glaring errors, which was disappointing.

Just add “None of the Above” to each. ;)

Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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could you slightly break it down for those of us with sleep deprivation from mini-me's in the home?

Here's ChatGPT answering what the word "puppeteer" means in this article: The metaphor of the "puppeteer" in the story could be interpreted in a variety of ways. The author doesn't explicitly state what the puppeteer represents, but given the context of the story and the themes it explores, there are a few possibilities. One interpretation is that the puppeteer represents societal and cultural expectations that dicta…

ChatGPT is what SWEs came up with to understand literature lol

Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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> sad like her mother — she couldn’t have imagined a worse fate than to give birth to the person she was trying to escape.

What an excellent story. Thanks for posting.

Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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Honest question--is Michelle a real person the author is recounting events about or is this some kind of literary device? Maybe my brain isn't working today but I gave up halfway through this without getting it.

Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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"Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." It's reliably a marker of bad comments and worse threads.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you know more than others, that's great, but please either (1) share some of what you know, so the rest of us can learn; or (2) don't post. Supercilious putdowns only make things worse.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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Here's ChatGPT answering what the word "puppeteer" means in this article: The metaphor of the "puppeteer" in the story could be interpreted in a variety of ways. The author doesn't explicitly state what the puppeteer represents, but given the context of the story and the themes it explores, there are a few possibilities. One interpretation is that the puppeteer represents societal and cultural expectations that dicta…

I have not quite stayed tuned in to all the chatGPT comings-and-goings. But examples like this are just stunning. This is just the most incredible cognition "act" ever. It's impressive not just because it's convincing but mainly because the answer is far superior to the answer I'd provide given the same prompt. I am so impressed and so terrified of what will happen when the ne'er-do-wells start using this for whateve…

I suspect that's simply a stock regurgitated PR-speak answer saying nothing with replaced by "puppeteer".

I've seen a zillion reponses like this from lazy students (although, to be fair, the grammar is quite a bit better). It should get a "D", but honestly I'd have a hard time throwing that down given the coherence of the grammar. I'd probably have to give it a "C" by comparison to the rest of the class.

This why I really don't understand the fuss about GPT. It's just not that great.

Re: I Am the Ghost Here

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Honest question--is Michelle a real person the author is recounting events about or is this some kind of literary device? Maybe my brain isn't working today but I gave up halfway through this without getting it.

This work is entirely fictional.
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