They don’t think of it as cheating, just another tool in completing assignments. Where this leads no one knows for sure, except that learning is going to change into something we cannot yet imagine.
My father was an electronics expert, but he decided to retire when the vacuum tube era was being replaced by semiconductor technology. For the first time I understand how he felt: I am too old to change to what’s coming with AI, and old enough to hand my classes to professors who can—as long as they aren’t woke, and there’s a growing number of those as well.
Thank you for the first important bump. :)
But I can’t help leaning towards it being a cheat sheet you can just copy and paste. Or having someone else do your home work for you. Neither require a mind, so the mind doesn’t get any use or retention. I think it defeats the whole purpose of “learning” anything at all in the first place.
They don’t think of it as cheating, just another tool in completing assignments. Where this leads no one knows for sure, except that learning is going to change into something we cannot yet imagine.
So called education; and’smart ‘ devices.
Think of each as a brain transplant where all the think is removed and wash is installed.
Pandemic with an obvious lack of THINK, common sense and ability to communicate
“They don’t think of it as cheating, just another tool in completing assignments.”
I’m a college professor and I am seeing quite a bit of ChatGPT being used by students. Here is the issue. Many of my students do not cite their sources, yet write a pretty good paper. The bigger issue, is students are submitting ChatGPT created papers without bothering to check if the paper makes sense. With liberal grading, without citations, the school is only taking fractions of a point off for lack of citations and references.
What students do not know is we do check for AI content. If I suspect a paper is created with AI, I just enter the contents of the paper into ChatGPT and ask if the paper was created with AI.
“They don’t think of it as cheating, just another tool in completing assignments. “
The kids probably see it as we once saw electronic calculators. I was a student at the tail end of the slide rule era. Initially, some teachers wouldn’t allow calculators in class.
Obviously, AI is different. Relying on AI means you accept any errors as your own, and if you are put in a situation that requires your own thought and reasoning, you’ll be woefully unprepared.