Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Aug 15, 2023

1) Don't ban books
2) Don't waste educators' time with book bans
3) Don't make decisions about books without reading them
4) Don't fall for OpenAI's interface: ChatGPT is not the kind of thing you can sensibly ask for information

https://www.popsci.com/technology/iowa-chatgpt-book-ban/

School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books

Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.'

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@emilymbender Is it possible to see the administrator's use of the notoriously unreliable ChatGPT as malicious compliance "to comply with the law with minimal time and energy… "? Or do they really believe they are getting useful answers?
Aug 16, 2023 at 1:49amWeb