Hoping to Get More of Their Teachers to Try AI, Students Organize a National Conference

Summer is a time for educators to do some learning, and there are plenty of conferences and workshops throughout the season. But one national event for ...

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@edutooter @[email protected] @jeffmoore. If you take the view expressed here: https://irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2022/12/29/against-automated-plagiarism/. The problem is this tech breaks context and attribution, allowing students to get facts from no one or no where. As if knowledge emerges from the void. And while children can believe that… i would hope adults can acknowledge everything comes from somewhere
Against automated plagiarism

Cite as: van Rooij, I. (2022) Against automated plagiarism. I’ve been asked, in various roles1, to give my opinion on the challenges posed by Large Language Models (LLMs)2, also known as &#82…

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@jeffmoore I don't understand this at all. I read the article and even looked at the conference summary document. What is the supposed benefit of getting their teachers to try AI? "AI could improve education and make it more interesting." These are empty statements. There's no substance.

This kind of feels like a stunt by the student organizers to put something impressive-sounding on their resumes and make personal connections with tech figures.