Many of my uni students can't write a paragraph personal reflection without ChatGPT. I usually catch it bc I work in a field where we talk about AI a lot but there's no good way to "prove" it. I mean they literally cannot form sentences on their own bc they did this all through highschool.
Btw I see that this isn't clear (shoulda used chatGPT?) but this is about what is currently going on in schools and colleges. Which I do think can be partially solved with going back to paper assignments & written tests btw. I also think schools being country clubs makes it hard to solve this tho.
Or even a spoken interview.
Just 10 minutes of unscripted but relevant questioning is enough to see if a student really understands a topic.
I could test your knowledge of, say King Lear or the Korean War, in 10 minutes.
Look, I need 10 minutes minimum to set the foundation if you're asking me questions about something I'm studying, we're gonna need at least 30 or more lol
My younger daughter graduated from college May 2024. She knew nursing students who used AI to do papers and assignments for them. She said she wouldn’t want them to care for her if needed treatment because they don’t know anything.
You could have true AGI and the fundamental problem being talked about would be the same. Mainly that when people outsource their thinking to it they fail to develop those skills themselves. A doctor relying on any kind of AI to help them do their job means they are at a disadvantage without the AI
The point of this whole thread was students using AI to cheat on homework and papers and shit, therefore robbing them of those skills later in life. I’m aware that ai has been used for like, detecting tumors and shit and that’s not what I was referring to.
The fear is that if say, a medical student makes a habit of just outsourcing all their learning to an AI, regardless of its advancement. They themselves will not actually be equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to do their very demanding job.
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Just 10 minutes of unscripted but relevant questioning is enough to see if a student really understands a topic.
I could test your knowledge of, say King Lear or the Korean War, in 10 minutes.
a doctor would be at a disadvantage without insulin, antibiotics or the MRI, the "problem" if there were one would be fundamentally different
AI bad