Annalee Newitz 🍜Mar 23, 2023
Ever since playing with ChatGPT, I've become sensitized to the way false rationality sounds ... there's a particular vibe to what is basically coherent nonsense. And now I've started to notice when people do it too. I get this crawly ChatGPT feeling when somebody is obviously making up an "authoritative" answer to a question they know nothing about. #AI #chatgpt #psychology
Show threadkhennissMar 23, 2023

@annaleen I follow a lot of teachers on TikTok, and some fret about "how will we ever teach kids to write if they can use ChatGPT?", but the better ones (IMO) are saying, "We've got to figure out how to use these chat apps to teach kids critical thinking."

Wouldn't it be great if this technology finally was the forcing function to focus on critical thinking in high school?

Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Mar 23, 2023
@khenniss I really like this utopian vision
Show threaddebsMar 24, 2023

@khenniss @annaleen

Me too! I think the youngins have good blush it detectors - it’s those out of school I worry about [in the short term]

Show threadkhenniss

@debs @annaleen

In my experience, today's high schoolers def have plenty of healthy skepticism, but I'm not sure that naturally maps to critical thinking, which I think still benefits from guidance and exercise in the beginning.

FWIW, I've heard that critical media education is a standard part of the curriculum in Germany. That would be a good place to start, I think. Critical media literacy.

And yes, the folks who never got critical thinking in school, and are now out ruining everything in righteous ignorance are definitely a major concern.

Mar 24, 2023 at 10:36pmWeb
Show threaddebsMar 26, 2023

@annaleen @khenniss

Super good point that skepticism does NOT equal critical thinking