Professor writes history essays with ChatGPT and has students correct them

Post by williamcotton » Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 2:35 PM UTC

shanebellone wrote: post #72

memalign wrote: post #24

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OP might be implying that from now on many engineers will use AI tools to write the first draft of their code so it’s smart to hire people skilled at correcting AI-generated code.

"many engineers will use AI tools to write the first draft of their code" I fail to see how ChatGPT would be useful for capable engineers. Is boilerplate code actually a time suck for anyone?

  const ts = require("typescript");
  
  const options = {
    target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES2017,
    module: ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS,
  };
  
  const someJavaScriptCode = ts.transpileModule(someTypeScriptCode, { compilerOptions: options });
  
  console.log(someJavaScriptCode.outputText);

Post by dagw » Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 2:40 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #66

bigbacaloa wrote: post #22

AI kicks my ass at chess. Not sure why it won't do better in job interviews too.

Any AI? Does GPT kick your ass at chess too?

Post by wprl » Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 3:00 PM UTC

danuker wrote: post #79

MaxMatti wrote: post #64

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I've also had this issue multiple times where ChatGPT provides a flawed answer, is able to identify the flaw when asked but "corrects" it in such a way that the original answer is not changed. I've tried this for code it wrote, for comments on my code and for summaries of texts that I provided.

Reminds me of children trying to speak a word properly, but repeatedly making a mistake in the same way.

Post by mountainb » Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 3:13 PM UTC

reflexco wrote: post #31

OJFord wrote: post #29

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Do we know it didn't?

It almost certainly did, but for what we lost in working memory, we gained a broadness of outlooks that would have been unfathomable at the time. We are connecting ideas from further afar in a sense.

Post by EamonnMR » Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 3:24 PM UTC

laserbeam wrote: post #17

yyyk wrote: post #13

One of my worries regarding AI is that we will decide to deskill ourselves instead of using the extra productivity to improve ourselves. In this case, students may end up with a smaller ability to write their own thoughts but in return get fill-in-the-blanks exercises.

I believe the societal level risks are reversed. Because so many people will use AI to produce content we will be overwhelmed with even more shady content, and mid quality fake news. Reading comprehension, critical thinking and source verification will be much harder than today. This is not filling in blanks. This encourages students to verify and analyze and that is great! It also gives them a framework to understan…