It's not just English classes that students are using ChatGPT for—AI is also transforming how students do math homework.
Here's our story from 2024: https://www.wired.com/story/gauth-ai-math-homework-app/
Here's our story from 2024: https://www.wired.com/story/gauth-ai-math-homework-app/
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https://www.wired.com/story/student-papers-generative-ai-turnitin/
Our story from 2023: https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-college-university-plagiarism/
W/r/t teachers using it- I can’t speak to HS- but it is *absolutely* not useful for academic research bc it’s so commonly incorrect.
It’s actually relatively easy (tho of course requires extra, unpaid work) to AI-proof assignments.
Using AI for research is easily detectable because sources fed back by AI might not even exist in reality.
It's not a binary thing - it's absolutely BOTH...it all depends on how you use it.
Sorta like the large wrench that I have and will often use as a hammer in a pinch (much to my dad's horror).
"Those data centers, they're just evaporating water into the air," one responsible AI researcher said.
Our story from 2024: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-energy-demands-water-impact-internet-hyper-consumption-era/
https://therealnews.com/like-being-tortured-texas-residents-living-next-to-bitcoin-mine-are-getting-sick-and-being-ignored
In the US alone, Bitcoin mining uses between 93-120 gigaliters of water annually, equivalent to the water consumption of 300,000 U.S. households.
It’s a threat because it will make more people dumber and easier to manipulate and destroy our planet faster,
I dont think anything has changed. Feel free to explain.