ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
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ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
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Re: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
#2As long as we keep having to ask, "ChatGPT answered this questions but was it right?" it is a nonstarter. It is currently a novelty, not a tool. To be a tool it needs to be reliable.
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#3I've been using ChatGPT for language learning by asking it to explain the differences between words. The answers align with what the dictionary says but are far more elaborate and better nuanced.
It wouldn't be possible to get equivalent explanations from native speakers unless you pay them to teach.
Re: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
#4As long as we keep having to ask, "ChatGPT answered this questions but was it right?" it is a nonstarter. It is currently a novelty, not a tool. To be a tool it needs to be reliable.
In most subjects I have found ChatGPT to be fairly reliable. Are there specific scenarios that you have found concerning?
I think perfect reliability is not absolutely necessary. None of the human teachers that I have learned from were perfectly reliable even in their area of expertise.
Thankfully, skepticism seems to be an innate human trait.
Re: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
#5As long as we keep having to ask, "ChatGPT answered this questions but was it right?" it is a nonstarter. It is currently a novelty, not a tool. To be a tool it needs to be reliable.
In most subjects I have found ChatGPT to be fairly reliable. Are there specific scenarios that you have found concerning? I think perfect reliability is not absolutely necessary. None of the human teachers that I have learned from were perfectly reliable even in their area of expertise. Thankfully, skepticism seems to be an innate human trait.
> In most subjects I have found ChatGPT to be fairly reliable.
Not the OP, but I am very curious what subjects you have experimented with and whether you used any special prompt techniques.
My experience has been quite on the contrary: on the few subjects I have some understanding of, ChatGPT appears to do fine for basic questions and attempts to summarize concepts at a high-level, but any attempt at drilling in to specifics seem to cause it to hallucinate quite a bit, particularly with regards to concrete facts or citations or anything of that sort.
Re: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
#6As long as we keep having to ask, "ChatGPT answered this questions but was it right?" it is a nonstarter. It is currently a novelty, not a tool. To be a tool it needs to be reliable.
In most subjects I have found ChatGPT to be fairly reliable. Are there specific scenarios that you have found concerning? I think perfect reliability is not absolutely necessary. None of the human teachers that I have learned from were perfectly reliable even in their area of expertise. Thankfully, skepticism seems to be an innate human trait.
Prompt: Cite three important academic journal articles about cybersecurity, including DOI numbers
Response:
1. Anderson, R., & Moore, T. (2006). The Economics of Information Security. Science, 314(5799), 610-613. DOI: 10.1126/science.1130992
2. Schneier, B. (2015). Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World. WW Norton & Company. DOI: 10.1080/13600834.2015.1093541
3. Fung, B., & Graham, M. (2019). AI and cybersecurity: Safety, privacy, and security in the age of AI. IEEE Security & Privacy, 17(3), 10-14. DOI: 10.1109/MSEC.2019.2904199
#1 is good. #2 is a book (the DOI points to nothing). I can't find any evidence #3 exists. I don't consider this a difficult question to ask of cybersecurity students, let alone teachers.
Re: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
#7I've been using ChatGPT for language learning by asking it to explain the differences between words. The answers align with what the dictionary says but are far more elaborate and better nuanced. It wouldn't be possible to get equivalent explanations from native speakers unless you pay them to teach.
Same. I’ve been using it quite a bit for work, but I’ve also been just playing/experimenting with it and many of my questions have come from knowing a tiny bit of Japanese and watching anime. It’s great for explaining differences between words or phrases that translate similarly.
Re: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
#8As long as we keep having to ask, "ChatGPT answered this questions but was it right?" it is a nonstarter. It is currently a novelty, not a tool. To be a tool it needs to be reliable.
I’m still on the waitlist but I hear hallucinations have been largely solved already by connecting it to the internet with ChatGPT Plugins and telling it to verify its sources.
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#9ChatGPT is only useful for propaganda.
Re: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
#10Why ChatGPT? It can be other AI solutions. AI in general is going to change education. It’s going to make world-class education available to everyone. It’s going to rewire our brains.