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College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by cyanydeez »

readingnews wrote: post #17

I am not sure what opinion I have on this one. - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human touch. - Heck, any human tragedy email should _probably_ have a human touch. - Does the university want to pay the Dean to write emails? - Does the Dean want to write emails? - What is the Dean doing for a quarter mil a year? - Probably playing around with ChatGPT?…

They just named the owners son some made up executive title.

It's not like executives are where they're at because of some exceptional skill.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by patrick451 »

readingnews wrote: post #17

I am not sure what opinion I have on this one. - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human touch. - Heck, any human tragedy email should _probably_ have a human touch. - Does the university want to pay the Dean to write emails? - Does the Dean want to write emails? - What is the Dean doing for a quarter mil a year? - Probably playing around with ChatGPT?…

> - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil.

250k is a decent salary, but not really a lot in this day and age. Especially for the head of such a large organization.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by cluedog12 »

This episode is a great learning experience for the student body and the faculty.

When I receive a communication from a senior official, my expectations are as follows:

1) the communication was probably written by someone else 2) the contents of the communication were reviewed and approved by the senior official

If either of the associate deans (or a responsible intermediary, on behalf of the associate deans) had reviewed the communication, they would have made a note to remove the mention of ChatGPT. The outrage is completely justified, yet the communication itself would have been acceptable, if a human had written it.

We should let this moment of outrage pass. Whether the junior person is prompting an AI model or copy-pasting the best bits from previous communications, the senior person's role remains unchanged.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by FrontierPsych »

Wow. Deans are much more computer and tech savvy than students. AI is the way of the future, and the deans are embracing the new technology.

It's like cursive writing is not taught any more. Because things move on in technology.

AI is the way of the future. We should all take full advantage of it in any circustance.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by ops »

reactspa wrote: post #51

I'm heavily on the spectrum, and sorry, but I don't see anything wrong with using chat GPT to polish up communication. My guess is these deans too are heavily on the spectrum. Many times in my life what seemed normal and okay to me, was severely offensive to others. It's a cross I have to bear.

The underlying technology is a threat to the Daily Mail and other publications like it.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by telotortium »

patrick451 wrote: post #62
readingnews wrote: post #17

I am not sure what opinion I have on this one. - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human touch. - Heck, any human tragedy email should _probably_ have a human touch. - Does the university want to pay the Dean to write emails? - Does the Dean want to write emails? - What is the Dean doing for a quarter mil a year? - Probably playing around with ChatGPT?…

> - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. 250k is a decent salary, but not really a lot in this day and age. Especially for the head of such a large organization.

At Vanderbilt (in Nashville, Tennessee) $250k is still quite good. It's not like the Bay Area.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by fastball »

readingnews wrote: post #17

I am not sure what opinion I have on this one. - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human touch. - Heck, any human tragedy email should _probably_ have a human touch. - Does the university want to pay the Dean to write emails? - Does the Dean want to write emails? - What is the Dean doing for a quarter mil a year? - Probably playing around with ChatGPT?…

It's not THE Dean, it's some deans – Vanderbilt seems to have many deans, and these were (minor) deans of the office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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Post by fastball »

cyanydeez wrote: post #61
readingnews wrote: post #17

I am not sure what opinion I have on this one. - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human touch. - Heck, any human tragedy email should _probably_ have a human touch. - Does the university want to pay the Dean to write emails? - Does the Dean want to write emails? - What is the Dean doing for a quarter mil a year? - Probably playing around with ChatGPT?…

They just named the owners son some made up executive title. It's not like executives are where they're at because of some exceptional skill.

Are you posting in the right thread? What owner? What son?
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