I’ve been writing quite a bit about education’s latest disruptive influence, AIs, specifically ChatGPT. Here are a few of the articles from the blogosphere you may enjoy:
- How ChatGPT Can Improve Education, Not Threaten it–from Scientific American
- ChatGPT threatens education at all levels – here’s how it can be stopped–from Tech Radar
- ChatGPT: The Next Firestorm in Education–from AACSB
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Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Man vs. Nature saga, the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers, and the acclaimed Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, blog webmaster, an Amazon Vine Voice, and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. Look for her next prehistoric fiction, Savage Land Winter 2024
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Honestly I’m not sure if I’m not a fan because of the technology or being run out of town by it all Jacqui! 🥹
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I’m not sure either, Cindy. Time will tell I suppose.
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Indeed and not a fan of one more technological thing to learn.
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Hi Jacqui – troubling … I feel way too old – things seem to have jumped ahead far too quickly – but. it’s the youngsters who will be dealing with the developments. I’d like to learn more – but feel I’ve enough on my plate. Thanks for these links though – Cheers Hilary
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My favorite reading is the Old West (1880’s in America). That’s how far back I’d like to go!
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Me – not so much … not much washing facilities etc and home comforts?! xo
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Yet, this is the time period they started to arrive in the West–indoor toilets, water delivered via pipes to sinks and tubs. It felt so modern to them!
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These articles are extremely thought-provoking, Jacqui. Thanks so much for sharing them here!.
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There’s no consensus yet on the good-bad of AI in ed. I know (being one) teachers love anything automated (to save time), but if it’s at the expense of thinking? I hope not.
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Happenstance – my son just called me going on and on about how I should learn to use ChatGBT and how it will change my world. He also suggests that it will change “the world” drastically in 5-10 years. Scary. Last night I watched a 60-minute episode about ChatGBT in which IT ethicists warn there must be much more oversight.
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I watched a 60-minute webinar from educators, gushing about how ChatGPT helped them work better. They never once mentioned privacy or security, or lack of credit for information or plagiarism or how ChatGPT was shaping the narrative according to its internal algorithms. It disturbed me though I expect I’m a voice in the wilderness.
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My voice joins you.
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I so love these useful articles you share, Jacqui, especially the one from the professor who feels ChatGPT can help education. While I do not necessarily agree with all his points, it is interesting to see different perspectives on the tool in today’s rapidly evolving world. 🙂
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It is! All the different perspectives. I am happy that lots of people are approaching its use carefully.
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The Hub played around with it at home, and got it to write a report on something related to his work. It was scarily good 😦
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I’ve had that reaction, too. What it can’t add is voice and personal experience.
Actually, it does add ‘voice’ in art when you ask DALL-E to give you a painting in the style of X (say, Van Gogh).
Scary.
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I think we should me students use little chalkboards for all studies, like they did in the 19th century. 😉 Those things are AI proof …
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There is some value to that, Andrew.
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I just read a post where the person was playing around with AI images. They should a picture they created a year ago of Obama playing basketball with Trump. It looked cartoonish. Then they showed another created this week and it looked very real. We’re entering a scary world where words and images can be easily misused.
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It’s been years since courts allowed pictures as evidence in courts. That’s why. Too clever by far.
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Troubling.
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Classify it under ‘things that make you go hmmm’
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To say the least!
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AI has reared it’s head in my industry too, Jacqui. I’m probably in the minority, but I think things area moving too fast!
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Wild wild west again.
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I agree, Mae. Lord help us.
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💯
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I have been hearing about this and need to learn more. Thanks, Jaqui 🙂
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There’s an opinion on every side of it. I don’t know where it will end up, but it’s the disruptive influencer of the 21st century.
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Grrr!
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At the very least, ‘Wait what?!’
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I don’t know much about this beyond the controversy, Jacqui. I think it’s going to have a big impact on education. And who knows, maybe one day, AI’s will be able to write books after all.
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As poorly as California schools do, it couldn’t be worse having AIs teach kids. I think we’re 49/50 by some measures.
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I didn’t know that California’s schools were doing so poorly. Education in the US is facing huge threats as well as inadequate funding. It’s a sad forecast for the future.
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They have lost their focus so often. My kids went to public school, but not sure I’d make that decision these days.
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All I have to say is that I am so glad I bailed out of higher ed in 2021. Having to be the Plagiarism Police was bad enough as it was.
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I switched to online classes. I do a lot of projects for testing, to ensure they know the material, and I don’t think AI has figured out yet how to replicate those! That will change.
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I taught exclusively online for over ten years. There were actually students who plagiarized classmates’ discussion board posts (which would be graded). These were classmates in the same class. *facepalm*
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Yikes!
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A lot of adult students don’t want a college education. They just want “the piece of paper” because they’ve stalled in their career with it and they’re resentful. The law of unintended consequences from the “everybody needs a college degree” movement.
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Thanks for sharing Jacqui. I think an important skill for humans going forward will be to learn how to interact with bots and AI.
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Me, too. Right now, I feel like the bots on the phones are not human so while I’m not rude, I don’t include the usual pleasantries. I bet that will change.
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Haha! Good reminder. Need to be polite to bots 🙂
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Dear Jacqui, I use ChatGPT for research. It’s much quicker than I am. It’s an ideal tool for research.
In the beginning I tested it asking about ‘Ulysses’ by Joyce. The answers were quick, correct und to the point – but one mistake. I told the programme about the mistake and it corrected it.
When I write the texts for our blogpost, I use this AI afterwards to look which aspects I may have forgotten.
For me ChatGPT is a helpful tool easy to use
Take care
Klausbernd 🙂
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That’s an interesting usage, Klausbernd. I might try that. Some of my posts get a tad convoluted.
So you aren’t concerned about it. That’s good news.
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No, I am not.
We all have to learn how to handle AI in our daily life. Hanne-Dina uses AI for editing her pictures. I enjoy it in my car and use ChatGPT like Wikipedia. I feel it has far more possibilities for me as writer.
It’s a useful tool. It takes a while to find out how to use it best.
I am pretty sure, you will like it when you play around with it and find your way to use it
Klausbernd 🙂
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Hi Jacqui, I have also heard about this but have not yet investigated. Thanks for the links.
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You’ll like the pros and cons for education. It’s intriguing.
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Thanks, Jacqui – I’ve heard about people using this in workplaces, and I need to learn more about it. Toni x
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If you know enough about a topic to spot mistakes, it’s probably a good tool. But I’m not sure about whether I’ll use it for hardcore research.
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