Jeff JarvisMay 24, 2023

The ever-wise Prof. @Sivavaid: "As long as they remain terrible at what they purport to do, they are perfect for study. They reveal so many of the issues we too often let lurk below our frenetic attention."

My students are using AI to cheat. Here’s why it’s a teachable moment https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/18/ai-cheating-teaching-chatgpt-students-college-university?CMP=share_btn_tw

My students are using AI to cheat. Here’s why it’s a teachable moment

Ignoring ChatGPT and its cousins won’t get us anywhere. In fact, these systems reveal issues we too often miss

The Guardian
Show threadmike805May 24, 2023

@jeffjarvis @Sivavaid Why are all of the things that are considered smart and good work habits, considered bad and dishonest student habits?

If a person at work just sits there and brute force struggles through something, and takes a long time to produce a marginal result, they are considered a bad worker. Asking co-workers, looking stuff up online, and now asking a chatbot for examples, are all good work habits.

And yet these things are considered cheating in school. Why?

Show threadSiva VaidhyanathanMay 26, 2023
@mike805 @jeffjarvis you don’t know why school is not work?
Show threadmike805May 26, 2023
@Sivavaid @jeffjarvis Well school is supposed to make you good at work. So maybe school should reward the habits that pay off at work more.
Show threadSiva VaidhyanathanJun 14, 2023
@mike805 @jeffjarvis it is not. School is supposed to HELP you be better at life.
Show threadSiva Vaidhyanathan
@mike805 @jeffjarvis The only thing that makes us better at work is work. But work is less than 1/3 of life. If school were anything like work there would be no need for school.
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