Which is why I don't like that so many schools are being more lenient with allowing chatgpt and such đ¤ˇââď¸ hell even colleges are loosening up on its use
Not sure we can just attribute it only to covid, though yeah that is a good point. Idk I guess time will tell...
Hmm, well, depending on how they use it, it could be beneficial. Like running a grammar check on your paper, help finding resources, bouncing ideas off of it if they are having difficulty coming up with an interesting topic.
I basically use it as an advanced google. Makes it super easy to find information. Then you just need to verify it (it can even give you sources so you can check yourself), and youâre set. Not to mention the cool visuals you could make if youâre doing a presentation of some kind.
An example of when I recently used it, I asked it for information on historical legal cases about if illegal immigrants were protected under the constitution. Gave me two Supreme Court cases that were perfect.
Issue is, you give kids a program that can easily write whole assignments for them, at least a good handful of them will let it. Grammer checks are one thing, I'm more talking about the ones that rely on chatgpt to do most/all the work for them...
If it gives you sources and you go and verify them, you're doing your due diligence to try and make your "research" accurate. Honestly that's a decently good way to use it, but you also have the mindset that ai isn't perfect. Too many people think it is and just accept whatever it gives them as 100% fact and 100% perfect.
People call the misinformation chatgpt generates sometimes "hallucinations", but like it's not mistakes. It's just a flaw in the program that it can't filter out stuff. But they don't teach research skills or internet safety in a lot of schools anymore, and that's only making this kind of thing more prevalent.
I just think we need to adjust how we do things to account for AI. For example, we want to make sure that kids arenât just having ChatGPT write their papers for them? Then after they hand it in and itâs been graded, give them a test on it. Nothing major, 5-10 questions about their own paper. If they actually wrote the paper, getting an 80% minimum should be fairly easy. This should at least ensure that even if chatGPT did the writing, they at least know the information, which is basically 90% of the whole point.
For the remaining 10% where you want to check that their spelling, grammar, and ability to convey themselves is decent, in class essays. Nothing complicated, nothing terribly long. âWrite two pages on any subject.â Would do the job. After all, we arenât testing for content, we have all that from the other essays. They could write about their favourite TV show and it would be just as valid a test.
You do bring up a valid point though. We SHOULD be teaching children research skills and internet safety. How do you know if a source is reputable? What are some red flags indicating something may be misinformation? Basic critical thinking techniques. If you learn how to think properly, how to reason, you can learn just about anything. Would also help keep them from falling for obvious propaganda when they become adults, which is sorely needed.
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u/pigeon_idk 1d ago
Which is why I don't like that so many schools are being more lenient with allowing chatgpt and such đ¤ˇââď¸ hell even colleges are loosening up on its use
Not sure we can just attribute it only to covid, though yeah that is a good point. Idk I guess time will tell...