Deon MoolmanFeb 4, 2023
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In a new piece, @mmasnick discusses the new tool by OpenAI (the makers of #ChatGPT) meant to detect when something is written by #AI and how its unreliability could cause more problems than it purportedly solves. He also links to a NY Times piece about ways to use AI in #education, and even—with help from a fellow Masto user—proposes his own. If done well, this could actually be a very interesting teaching method. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/02/openai-wants-to-help-you-figure-out-if-text-was-written-by-openai-but-what-happens-when-its-wrong/
OpenAI Wants To Help You Figure Out If Text Was Written By OpenAI; But What Happens When It’s Wrong?

With the rise of ChatGPT over the past few months, the inevitable moral panics have begun. We’ve seen a bunch of people freaking out about how ChatGPT will be used by students to do their hom…

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Show threadJohn GordonFeb 4, 2023
@SarahOestreich Yeah, I’ve seen several versions of this. It is the way.
Show threadJim LillicotchFeb 4, 2023
@SarahOestreich https://icosahedron.website/@bstacey/109798526271267537
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I confess myself a bit baffled by people who act like "how to interact with ChatGPT" is a useful classroom skill. It's not a word processor or a spreadsheet; it doesn't have documented, well-defined, reproducible behaviors. No, it's not remotely analogous to a calculator. Calculators are built to be *right*, not to sound convincing. It's a bullshit fountain. Stop acting like you're a waterbender making emotive shapes by expressing your will in the medium of liquid bullshit. The lesson one needs about a bullshit fountain is *not to swim in it*.

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Show threadSarahFeb 4, 2023
@jimlil I understand some concerns, and I am certainly not advocating totally doing away with standard tests and essays, but I do think it is true that one might exhibit a deeper understanding of a subject when one has to fact-check a piece of work, and I think that’s what @mmasnick was getting at. It exercises muscles that other assignments may not - how to think critically about purported expertise and craft thorough rebuttals with relevant citations.
Show threadJim LillicotchFeb 4, 2023
@SarahOestreich @mmasnick
I'm old enough that I don't care too much, but *bullshit fountain* has now entered my vocabulary and is moving up fast
Show threadChris MessinaFeb 4, 2023
@SarahOestreich @mmasnick very similar to this: https://twitter.com/chrismessina/status/1611058036143165440
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“A pragmatic way to collaborate with ChatGPT in education. Has anyone integrated ChatGPT into Clippy's form-factor yet? Microsoft may have been right, they were just too early. https://t.co/NAKiLejZmU”

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Show threadSarahFeb 5, 2023
@chrismessina @mmasnick I think this is really interesting, thanks for sharing it. I’m sure there will be missteps along the way and some may not use it well, but I do think there is the possibility of helping students create a deeper understanding of the material and how to formulate arguments. As she mentions, we can’t uninvent something so we might as well try to find a way to utilize it
Show threadChris MessinaFeb 5, 2023
@mmasnick @SarahOestreich yes, exactly. @caseynewton and @kevinroose interview that teacher — it's a great listen. https://pod.link/1528594034/episode/b9888cce1bf7fc4f861e9e64087b2c87
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